Jan Peter Balkenende Quotes

• Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.

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• The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.

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• Freedom is a universal value.

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• 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.

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• Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.

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

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• Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.

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• Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

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Jan Peter Balkenende (8)

Birth:	7th May, 1956
Nationality:	Dutch
Profession:	Politician, Professor

About

Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende, Jr. was born in Biezelinge, Netherlands. He is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal. He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002-2010. He earned an MA degree in history from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in 1980. He earned a LLM degree from Vrije Universiteit in 1982. He received his PhD in Law from Free University of Amsterdam in 1992. He served as a professor of Christian theology at the VU University Amsterdam in 1993.

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