Member quotes July 4th

Göran Persson: Like religion, I think that culture should be an individual matter. Culture should not be the basis for forming a govermental level. This means e.g. that religious holidays are not mandatory, but should be celebrated during vacation days...

Yusuf Kanli: Rhetoric is nice, but reality is bare on Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots want a settlement, they have demonstrated that with their vote. Greek Cypriots don't want a settlement and they have no motivation to share power with Turks.

Peter Davidson: The levels of hostility and antipathy toward the political classes have reached such proportions that many people now wait until politicians have declared which way they want the electorate to vote on a specific issue and then vote the opposite way, not because they know anything about the issue at hand but precisely because they believe that whatever an individual politician is saying, he/she is bound to be lying. Democracy is indeed, in big trouble.