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25 quotes by Jacques Delors

Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born 20 July 1925) is a French economist and politician, the eighth President of the European Commission and the first person to serve three terms in that office (between January 1985 and December 1994). He is the father of Martine Aubry, the former first secretary (leader) of the Socialist Party of France.
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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... →

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This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.

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Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.

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The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

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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... →

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I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.

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Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.

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For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.

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If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.

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The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

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Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.

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Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.

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I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.

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