“We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the ...” — Jan Peter Balkenende Quote

“We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.”

“Freedom is a universal value.”

“The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.”

“Football is not always going to be a good rise and you are not going to progress all the time, you are going to get things in the way that halt you.”

“When you're reading a book, you're always looking for the natural place to stop. With a movie, you can't really have that sense of it coming momentarily to a halt; there's pressure to keep the momentum up.”

“When they see you on the street, I was at the bottom of Highgate West Hill the other day and the police came down the hill with blue lights and screeched to a halt and went, 'Oi, 'Line Of Duty!'”