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"Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past."
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"The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way."

"The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people."

"The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation."

"Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past."

"This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything."

"The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws."

"The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market."

"For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility."
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