Quotes by Romano Prodi - Page 1

I am not overconfident.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Overconfident
I Am Am
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Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Berlusconi
Country
Fit
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Nobody can be rich and stupid for more than one generation.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Generations
Rich
Stupid
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Our continents unification is at hand and we must stand to account.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Accounts
Hands
Unification
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No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Jobs
Loses
Want
Acquired
Wants
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I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.
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Law
Use
Vendetta
Want
Pass
Punitive
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The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Country
Economy
European Countries
Italian
European
Weakest
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Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Manage
Pay
Revolution
Thinking
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He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.
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Drunk
Illumination
Statistics
Uses
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There are terrible living conditions and unhappiness, (even) where everybody is Italian.
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Italian
Terrible
Unhappiness
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The extremist, isolationist policies of Jean-Marie Le Pen have been rejected and crushed
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Crushed
Rejected
Rejection
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But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.
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Europe
Influence
Real
Weight
World
World Affairs
Affairs
Carries
Italy
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We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Europe
Giving
Political
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Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Democracy
Entanglement
Equilibrium
Information
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Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Divided
Employed
Poor
Rich
Unemployed
Vaccines
Italy
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It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Becoming
Constitution
Perfect One
Acknowledged
Good Better More
Widely
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The EU must take on new responsibilities. And these new responsibilities call for intensifying the integration process.
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Integration
Process
Responsibility
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Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Cooperation
Europe
Mother
Israeli-Palestinian
Moreover
Requires
Resolving
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In the darkest days of European history, America stood close by us and today we stand close by America. Nothing will ever be the same.
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America
European History
Today
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Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?
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Political
Want
World
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We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration.
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Building
Constitution
Historic
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There are times when the welfare system may appear as an impediment to growth. Yet the drive for growth should always bear in mind the fact that people also need security
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Growth
Mind
People
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Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.
Romano Prodi / Italian Politician
Developing
Enlargement
Foreign Policy
Mean Girls
Policy
World
Cover
Developing World
Narrow
Relations
Several
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I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years.
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Judged
Last Time
President
Prime Minister
Want
Years
Time I Am Know
Commission
Italy
Minister
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The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older population, and it is now in full economic recovery. The problem is that Italy is old in the structure of the society.
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Age
Economic Recovery
Japan
Population
Recovery
Structure
Italy
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We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire we have the opportunity to unite Europe.
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Opportunity
Fall
Moving
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European government is a clear expression I still use, you need time, but step by step, as in the Austrian case, the European Commission takes a political decision and behaves like a growing government.
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Government
Decision
Expression
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I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy instruments. It is politically impossible to propose that now. But some day there will be a crisis and new instruments will be created.
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Economic
Impossible
Introducing
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So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to squeeze the euro debate into the old language. But deep down it is a matter of deciding where one's future lies. It is a matter of political will and courage.
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Confused
Lying
Political Will
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If you don't want to call it a European army, don't call it a European army. You can call it 'Margaret', you can call it 'Mary-Anne', you can find any name, but it is a joint effort for peace-keeping missions - the first time you have a joint, not bilateral, effort at European level.
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Army
Europe
Names
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Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power? In other words, not just a trading bloc but a political entity. Do we realise that our nation states, taken individually, would find it far more difficult to assert their existence and their identity on the world stage.
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Europe
Political
Taken
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