Jan Peter Balkenende famous quotes

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#Moving On #Experience #Taught

Freedom is a universal value.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#Values

Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#Religious #Philosophical #Ideas

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#Crush #Loyalty #Memories

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#War #Europe #Achievement

Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#Mind #Remember #Granted

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#Europe #Machines #Becoming

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#Country #Order #Europe

The necessity for co-operation between Europe and the United States is bigger than ever. Only by close transatlantic co-operation can we face the world's challenges.
-- Jan Peter Balkenende

#Europe #Challenges #United States

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

You can fall, but you can rise also.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

I'd never been to a prom, I had never had the whole high school experience. I think I was kind of an anomaly. I don't think they knew where to put me.

Inside I knew he was meant to be the guy that taught me about life. Even if he broke my heart eventually.

. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .

My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.