The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.

More Quotes by John Bruton

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.

We can demonstrate, by our own example, how E.U. freedoms, including the freedom of nationals of other E.U. countries to come and work here, has enabled us to expand our economy.

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.