Jan Balkenende Quotations

Our global economy is built on establishing strategic communications, ... The U.S. and the Netherlands have a great deal in common including a creative spirit.

No basis for further fruitful and sustainable co-operation

Our debt of gratitude is too great to express in words. They gave us the most precious gift -- freedom, ... Today, I salute them.

We need others to say 'no' to unacceptable behavior. This protocol is modern way to attack the problems and I hope this example will be followed,

It's terrible if you hear about a fire of such size, 11 people dead, ... Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the wounded.

The mood in the Turkish delegation is one of disappointment,

When it reaches the point where two people can't walk through the same door, then it can't continue, because it distracts attention from our true business.

We realized very big issues are at stake,

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

a remarkable man who won a warm place in the hearts of the Dutch people. With his passing, a great man is gone.