Jose Manuel Barroso

There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.

In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and reject the cynical politics of the Nanny State.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.