Gordon Brown Quotes

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

After the end of the Cold War, we have the obligation to help these Eastern European countries to enjoy the same kinds of benefits that we enjoyed 50 years ago.

Being part of the E.U. in Poland means that for the first time in a millennium, nobody disputes Poland's borders, and it brought a level of freedom that Poland has never known before.

Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy.

China's reform and opening-up programme and Europe's integration process have both contributed significantly to global peace, development, and prosperity. China firmly supports the integration of Europe and regards the E.U. as a strategic partner that deserves our confidence.

I will work for Bulgaria's strategic choice - Bulgaria's membership in the European Union and NATO. I think it is also extremely important to revive Bulgaria's relations with Russia, Ukraine and other strategic partners.

My America is called Europe. It is my place of dreams.... Today the United States isn’t a solution, it’s a danger! ... Most of the things I like are in Europe... I hope Europe will show us a road to follow.

I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.

If I'd been on the Remain side I would have tried to have seen the best in Europe and tried to explain that. Instead, what they've done is endlessly try and talk up what they see as the weaknesses of Britain and they aren't there. That's a total mistake.

The people who are backing the Remain campaign are people who have done very well, thank you, out of the European Union.

Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain's continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere.

We should do everything we can to demonstrate to the U.K. the attractiveness of the E.U.

Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it is not in their best interest.

I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.

Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.

We can demonstrate, by our own example, how E.U. freedoms, including the freedom of nationals of other E.U. countries to come and work here, has enabled us to expand our economy.

It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.

What we mean by an outcome will naturally depend on the context. Thus, for a government charged with delivering public goods, an outcome will consist of the quantities provided of such goods as intercity highways, national defense and security, environmental protection, and public education together with the arrangements by which they are financed.

Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.

We are living in a Golden Age, the most gilded Golden Age of human history—not only of past history, but of future history.

The United States, of course, is determined to diversify Europe to such an extent that it becomes a meaningless entity.

My final aim is to bring Iran, within twenty years, to the same level of civilization and progress as will be enjoyed by the most highly developed countries. During the last ten years the degree of our backwardness has been halved, but it is this remaining backwardness which will be the most difficult to combat.

The E.U. should want Turkey to be part of it.

Brussels and its multifarious networks provide member states not just with trading access but also a guarantee of regular encounters, negotiations, contacts, informants, and alliances.

We believe that from both a German and a Polish perspective, it is desirable for Great Britain to remain in the European Union.