Henri of Luxembourg Quotes
born 1955 Luxembourg
Grand Duke Henri (born April 16 1955) is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Head of the House of Nassau-Weilburg.
Also known as: Grand Duke Henri
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Luxembourg found in the United Nations and multilateralism in general the ideal framework to flourish as an independent, sovereign state.
This crisis is a challenge to our conscience. It puts our committment to a hard test.
At every period in her history, in different circumstances, the Grand Duchy has had to reinvent herself.
Recent events show us, however, that stability and peace on our continent are not permanent institutions. Quite the opposite.
Faced with events of such magnitude [as the First World War], we share the same sense of helplessness, with the impression that things are imposed on us by fate or an external force. Yet it is Man who writes history.
Luxembourg itself, being a multiculturai and multilingual State by its history, its geographical location and the composition of its population, has often played a role of mediator between the interests of its large European neighbours and within the European Union.
The efforts must be shared between those who welcome and those who wish to integrate. The acceptance of the basic rules of our society, of our democratic ideas, of our ways of life and our cultural plurality are a precondition which cannot be argued against.
Each of us, within the limits of our resources, is set to be an actor, in having a lead role in one's own life, but above all by committing to others...a profound truth [is] that everyone has a role to play in society beyond their own fate.