“Without Islam, the Frankish Empire would probably never have existed, and Charlemagne, without Muhammad, would be inconceivable.”— Henri Pirenne
“A mission for the future of Europe cannot be defined in terms of markets and money alone.”— Romano Prodi
“The debate on the future of Europe is not a technical debate. It is a debate on our values.”— Romano Prodi
“We need a strong Europe, but a strong Europe is not a federal Europe. It is a Europe of nation-states.”— Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“We are part of the community of Europe, and we must do our duty as such.”— Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
“For the first time in human history, we are organising ourselves on a continental scale.”— Jacques Santer
“What is necessary is to have a <strong class="highlight">Europestrong> that is strong, that is competitive, that is able to stand on its own two feet.”— Gerhard Schröder
“I see the Common Market as a great historic venture in which we are privileged to take part.”— Jeremy Thorpe