After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union.
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Nationality: British Type: Politician Born: October 9, 1966 |
“Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.”
“All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.”