Jacques Delors

My problem is how to find the best way of being useful. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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