26 Quotes by Jan Balkenende

Day after day we must remember we can freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.

No basis for further fruitful and sustainable co-operation

The Netherlands lost a personality of international status.

The Netherlands is a nation where people ought to want to meet one another, where cultures meet each other,

The international community wants to see results, it cannot go on spending resources on problems which should already have been resolved and still can be resolved in the coming months,

In an impoverished Europe which conflict had ripped apart, people yearned for peace, freedom, stability and a new chance to prosper.

The chemistry was unsatisfactory. There was not sufficient trust to take the steps that were needed. That is the sad conclusion,

the future of Ukraine, and this future must remain in the hands of the people of Ukraine.