If two people on a commitee agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary.

One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you.

Wishing and hoping and praying are poor excuses for action.

There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken seriously, we'll get stuck in quicksand. In the worst case, this would make it acceptable for one tranche to not be paid out. It is in the Greeks own interest not to test that.

Over a period of 20 years, German reunification has cost 2 trillion euros, or an average of 100 billion euros a year. So, we have to ask ourselves: Aren't we willing to pay a tenth of that over several years for Europe's unity?

I would happily help to turn the stone being thrown at me into a boomerang.