45 ordspråk av Jan Peter Balkenende
Jan Peter Balkenende
The Netherlands is a nation where people ought to want to meet one another, where cultures meet each other,
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The Netherlands lost a personality of international status.
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The topic of Chechnya is a very delicate one, ... With this state visit we have to give attention to the fact that we are concerned about human rights and concerned about human rights activists, and the way they are treated.
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There is all the more reason to say 'Yes' so that some progress can be recorded with the constitutional treaty,
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There is no basis for further fruitful and sustainable co-operation within the coalition. I intend to go to Her Majesty the Queen and offer the resignation of the remaining ministers and junior ministers.
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This is not good for the royal family but I would not call it a crisis.
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To talk about a crisis is not right.
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We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.
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We need others to say 'no' to unacceptable behavior. This protocol is modern way to attack the problems and I hope this example will be followed,
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we need to see more equal burden-sharing.
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We realized very big issues are at stake,
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We seem to be finding it more and more difficult to identify our common ground, as if we have lost sight of what connects us at the deepest level.
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We should not let ourselves be divided by a small group of people which writes its message in blood, a small group of people with a cynical message of terror that want to drive us to hatred,
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We've had a very interesting working dinner, ... We can start negotiations with Turkey on the basis of the analysis of the commission.
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When it reaches the point where two people can't walk through the same door, then it can't continue, because it distracts attention from our true business.
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