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We want to understand democracy as an endless discussion, or a constant debate when we choose a path. (...) But when the consensus comes, (...) we work as one body.

— Donald Tusk

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Europe is not old, haggard or barren. Europe is young, dynamic and vital. Our continent remains the best place in the world to live.

Every family knows that a divorce is traumatic for everyone. Everyone in the EU, but especially the Brits themselves, would lose out economically [if Britain left the EU].

The EU will be able to rise to every scenario as long as we are not divided.

Bad politicians are elected by good citizens who stay at home.

If a deal is impossible, and no-one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!

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Oliver Cox Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics (1948)

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