42 Quotes by Jacques Delors

I am being careful not to disperse my energies, so that, when the right moment comes, I can intervene by putting the right question.

I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.

It is impossible to speak of citizenship in Europe without posing the question of the current weakening of democracy within each of our countries.

We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.

Yes, though these days you can't just fix things with a quick meeting of ministers, party leaders and trade unionists, like Monnet did.

Swedish social democracy used to be my ideal model, yet by the 1980s their state had started to take 56 per cent of national income.

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.

Clinton and Gore told me that they were elected in order to bring some compassion to this society. But they have not managed to change much.

Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.