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" I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity. "

Jose Manuel Barroso

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" I don't know why my son was born conservative. "

" The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them. "

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" Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control. "

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" Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe. "

" I very often compare relations between states to relations with people. Sometimes we are nicer to those we don't know well, who are not our friends, than we are to our friends, because with our friends we don't need to be nice all the time. "

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" By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF. "

" Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country. "

" We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision. "

" Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong. "