Former EP President Lord Henry Plumb (1987 -1989): "I am old enough to have lived through the last war and my attitude at that time was: it is time we stopped fighting each other, we lived in peace and not only that, the only way to move forward is to try to get along.
Eiropas Parlamenta priekšsēdētājs Hanss-Gerts Poterings Bijušais Eiropas Parlamenta priekšsēdētājs lords Henry Plumb (1987-1989): „Es piedzīvoju pēdējo karu…un uzskatu, ka vienīgais veids, kā virzīties uz priekšu, ir censties sadzīvot.”