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Jacques Delors Quotes

Type: Economist Quotes Category: French Economist Quotes Date of Birth: June 20, 1925 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Jacques Delors Related Authors: John Kenneth Galbraith Thomas Sowell Jeremy Rifkin Martin Feldstein Adam Smith Milton Friedman John W. Snow Douglass North

Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished. Jacques Delors Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place. Jacques Delors Clinton and Gore told me that they were elected in order to bring some compassion to this society. But they have not managed to change much. Jacques Delors Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted. Jacques Delors Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past. Jacques Delors For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility. Jacques Delors Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours. Jacques Delors I am being careful not to disperse my energies, so that, when the right moment comes, I can intervene by putting the right question. Jacques Delors I cannot resign myself to thi decline of Europe, and of France. Jacques Delors I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job. Jacques Delors I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan. Jacques Delors If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more. Jacques Delors It is impossible to speak of citizenship in Europe without posing the question of the current weakening of democracy within each of our countries. Jacques Delors My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it. Jacques Delors My problem is how to find the best way of being useful. Jacques Delors Swedish social democracy used to be my ideal model, yet by the 1980s their state had started to take 56 per cent of national income. Jacques Delors The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation. Jacques Delors The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility. Jacques Delors The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility. Jacques Delors The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market. Jacques Delors The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people. Jacques Delors The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way. Jacques Delors The real problem, which our contemporaries by and large do not see, is that Europe has been in historical decline since the First World War. Jacques Delors The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault. Jacques Delors The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws. Jacques Delors Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship. Jacques Delors These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls. Jacques Delors This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything. Jacques Delors This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. Jacques Delors We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything. Jacques Delors Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan. Jacques Delors Yes, though these days you can't just fix things with a quick meeting of ministers, party leaders and trade unionists, like Monnet did. Jacques Delors

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