I'm a certified prophet. That's why I scare people. On his predictions subsequently proved accurate that the Berlin wall would fall and that the Left would win a landslide election victory in France.

From an anglo-saxon point of view, talking about free trade the way I do is inconceivable, heretical.

On his contention that the concept of free trade entails a contradiction and a lie.

The US, Britain and France really practice free trade. . . But the Germans and Japanese don't behave the same way. On the spread of free trade.

I realised that behind every political ideology of the 20th century, there was a family type. On the relationship between political ideology and family structure.

It is simply not possible to practice a single monetary regulation for countries of very different mental and social structures. On the difficulties facing EMU.

The single currency will aggravate all the problems arising from these circumstances. On combining that with monetary union.

There's something mad about this project, a reality gap. His assessment of EMU.