"For much of its life, the European Parliament could have been justly labelled a 'multi-lingual talking shop'. But thi…"

"The European parliament has suddenly come into its own. It marks another shift in power between the three central EU …"

"America’s constitution had flaws, but it proved astonishingly robust. Europe’s at the end of the twentieth century wa…"

"Graham Watson (ALDE): Mr President, my Group considers what the House has just done to be illegal, as I explained ear…"

"(MEPs laugh)"

"(MEPs Applaud)"

"But symbolic gestures alone cannot cement peace. This is where the European Union’s “secret weapon” comes into play: …"

"Had Bob LaFollette become president of the United States, our history today undoubtedly would have been much better."

"I always felt very much accepted,” she recalled. “And I felt privileged, because I know women in politics were not al…"

"I think I was accepted because of a combination of things, I was a college graduate, I was a nurse, and I made it a p…"