I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.
“But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.”
“What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?”