Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen.

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.

Erwin Rommel

I'm happy because I won't have to train again, or travel or sit in team hotels.

Romario

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

Isaac Asimov

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

E. M. Forster

The thing is, I have a zillion apps, and I'm always looking for the perfect arrangement for them, so scrambling my home screen is part of that eternal quest.

Susan Orlean

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.

Christopher Dawson

If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.

Les Brown

When tolerance is not afforded to those so well-deserved, it speaks ill of the one who feels he cannot afford to give it.

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The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.

Paul Weyrich

Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something's time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.

Henry Cloud

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

Erma Bombeck

'It is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.

Albert Camus