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Jacques Delors Quotes

Jacques Delors quotes

French Economist June 20, 1925

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Jacques Delors quote: "My problem is how to find the best way of being useful."
My problem is how to find the best way of being useful. 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
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
Jacques Delors quote: "Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with..."
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
Jacques Delors quote: "Therefore one should speak at the same time of national..."
Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship. 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 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
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
Jacques Delors quote: "The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle..."
The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility. 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
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
Jacques Delors quote: "I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was..."
I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job. Jacques Delors
Jacques Delors quote: "Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment..."
Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past. Jacques Delors
Jacques Delors quote: "Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own..."
Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished. 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

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