John Bruton Quotations

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.

But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.

A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence.

The Irish Free State was one of dozens of new European democracies to emerge from the cauldron of the 1914-1918 war. It was one of the very few that was still democratic in 1939. This book shows how the steely determination of one man, Kevin O'Higgins, made this possible. O'Higgins faced down mutinies in both the Gardai and the Army. He dissolved the Dáil Courts which were a parallel system that might easily have undermined the conventional courts. With WT Cosgrave, he put through a constitution which reconciled the local opponents of independence with the new State.

We in Ireland have not been immune from the bigotry and the indifference which manifested itself in Europe this century

States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, and combating piracy and intellectual property violations.

The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!