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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility. Jacques Delors Read Quote
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 Read Quote
