“We are facing a historic opportunity. We can create a Europe that is whole and free.”— Helmut Kohl
“For us, the path to Europe is not only an external political priority, but it is also our future, our historical destiny.”— Leonid Kuchma
“The EU has to be a player on the world scene, a global player, but we have to be a global player on our own terms, not on American terms.”— Anna Lindh
“It is the unfortunate happening that we are not a member of the European Economic Community.”— Harold Macmillan
“Our national identity and our European commitment are not contradictory, but two sides of the same coin.”— Ferenc Mádl
“The future of Europe cannot be built on the denial of the past, but on the honest confrontation with it.”— Ferenc Mádl
“The accession of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union is a historical necessity.”— Ferenc Mádl