Jan Peter Balkenende

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.