Jacques Delors: Society

Jacques Delors is French economist and politician. Explore interesting quotes on society.

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“The Americans should stop insulting us, I'm not going to be an accomplice to the depopulation of the land. It's not up to the Americans to tell us how to organise our farm policy and the balance of our society. Their attitude is to treat the EC as if it had the plague and then encourage the rest of the world to join in.”

Jacques Delors

On American attitudes to the Common Agricultural Policy (7 December 1990), quoted in Charles Grant, Delors - Inside the House that Jacques Built (London: Nicholas Brearley, 1994), p. 172.

“The spirit of the Right is dominated by scepticism towards the possibility of profound change in society and above all towards the idea that man can achieve progress over himself. On the Left, on the other hand, there exists a belief in human and social progress.”

Jacques Delors

L'Unité d'un Homme (November 1994), quoted in The Times (21 November 1994), p. 11
President of the European Commission

“I have a passion for reform, for the progress of man and society. I cannot stand the feeling of being useless.”

Jacques Delors

L'Unité d'un Homme (November 1994), quoted in The Times (21 November 1994), p. 11
President of the European Commission

“The social and human balance of our societies depend on the farming world.”

Jacques Delors

Speech to the European Parliament (23 January 1991), quoted in The Times (24 January 1991), p. 13
President of the European Commission