Gary Lineker Quotes

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

You can't build Europe against anyone.

I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.

I declare myself an Austrian and a European. A united Europe will be a peaceful Europe.

So I think that is from the European perspective, for the European future, this engagement can be one of the most important and effective decisions in the last 50 years maybe.

To avoid the trap of Europe fragmenting on the economy, security, and identity, we have to return to the original promises of the European project: peace, prosperity and freedom. We should have a real, adult, democratic debate about the Europe we want.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

The idea that the EU is somehow the guarantor of peace on the continent - that is in itself rash, in my view, and risks undermining the vital role of Nato.

For all its shortcomings, European co-operation and integration has created an understanding of shared destiny. We no longer point guns at each other; we fight it out at a conference table. And we will continue to do so when the U.K. is no longer a member state but, I hope, still a friend.

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

I'm a big believer in Europe.

E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in contrast to a divided Europe of the previous century, are ones that remind us of how important it is that we work together.

For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.

I do not separate France from Europe.

The purpose of the European Union expansion is to bring stability to the East, and ultimately, that stability will come to Russia. There is no long term reason that Russia can't be part of the same peaceful community of nations.

Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago?

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.

The glue that binds the EU together is not a shared identity but shared projects.

United, France and Germany can accomplish and prevent anything.... On their union depends, therefore, not only their own welfare but also the destiny of all of Europe.

In the light of these treaties we are Europeans only.

A strong Germany is an indispensable condition for a durable peace in Europe.

The lesson of this century is that Europe will only be peaceful if the Americans are on this continent.