Victor Hugo Quotes

As complicated and complex and as difficult as we are, the unity of Europe is a pre-condition for a better organized world, and if the European Union would fail or decompose, or other members left, the U.S. would have a more difficult role to play in the world.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

The decisive factor for the future of Europe - and before all things, for the 'restoration' of Europe - will be whether political thought and national feelings are influenced by the reality of internationalism.

What we need now is a Treaty of the World not a Treaty of Rome.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

We must build a kind of United States of Europe.

The most important thing is that Europe has to remain united.

The European vision is the United Nations' vision.

I'm a big believer in Europe.

If the United Nations is not as united as it should be, that is because it is a reflection of the world we live in.

I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are common to all countries. There are some human interests, or we need also international cooperation. We've sometimes confused it with dictation.

It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.

If European countries want to cater to U.S. foreign policy interests, I don't think that they stand to gain anything.

I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive.

But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom and prosperity. In a world which is growing closer together all the time, we can only survive and influence the rules if we join forces. We will miss the presence of the United Kingdom at this table.

I would have set out very quickly the relationship with Europe.

One hundred years after the entry of American forces into World War I, the transatlantic bond between the United States and Europe is as strong as ever and maybe, in many ways, even stronger.

Europe was founded as a community bound together by solidarity.

And this is the best chance to begin to establish the New World Order.

When we talk about the UN, what are we really talking about? We are talking about my country, your country, other countries and their collective will to stand together and apply pressure or offer incentives to steer things in the right direction. When the nations of the world come together, with collective will, on an issue and they speak with a united voice, they have a much greater impact. When there is division, then the impact is much, much less.

What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.

Throughout the years following World War II and until the formation of the European Economic Community in 1958, I was very active as a national or international rapporteur at many of the international conferences aiming to establish an European community.

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.