it reminds you of the poem by the great irish poet w.b. yates where the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity. so this is a defining moment. and what happens on this continent has consequences for people around the globe. if a unified, peaceful, liberal, pluralistic, free-market europe begins to doubt itself, begins to question the progress that's been made over the last several decades, then we can't expect the progress that is just now taking hold in many places around the world will continue. instead, we will be empowering those who argue that democracy can't work. that intolerance and tribalism and organizing ourselves along ethnic lines and authoritarianism and restrictions on the press, that those are the things that the challenges of today demand. so i've come here today to the heart of europe to say that the united states and the entire world needs a strong and prosperous and democratic and united europe. [ applause ] and perhaps you need an outsider, somebody who's not european, to remind you of the mag

this reminds me of the poem by the great irish poet w.b. yateshere the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passion intensity. so this is a defining moment. and what happens on this continent has consequences for people around the globe. if a unified, peaceful liberal, pluristic free market europe begins to doubt itself, begins to question the progress that's been made over the last several decades, then we can't expect the progress that is just now taking hold in many places around the world and will continue. instead, we will be empowering those who argue that democracy can't work. that intolerance and tribalism and organizing ourselves along ethnic lines and aauthoritarianism, those are the things that the challenges of today demand. so i've come here today to the heart of europe to say that the united states and the entire worldneeds a strong and prosperous and democratic and up united europe. [ applause ] and perhaps you need an outsider, somebody who is not european to remind you of the magnitude of what you have achieved. the