So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership. – Mario Monti
If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration. – Mario Monti
I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US. – Mario Monti
Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you dont become efficient, you dont run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington. – Steve Daines