Quotes about europe
europe want retreat
I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat. Francois Hollande
europe development world
To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.
europe two important
Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members.
europe cities issues
The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.
europe indispensable statements
The German-French friendship is indispensable for Europe. And I will never let myself be carried away to making statements that would change it.
europe names democracy
In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation. Maggie Gallagher
europe energy rudeness
[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness. Madame de Stael
europe vengeance dare
If we aim deliberately at the impoverishment of Central Europe, vengeance, I dare predict, will not limp. John Maynard Keynes
europe britain moved
They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience. John Major
europe america different
It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia. John Malkovich
europe america people
Expert victimologists estimate that 91.2 percent of people in North America and Europe now qualify as victims, at least in their own minds. John Leo
europe earthquakes upheaval
In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a terrible upheaval, a social earthquake.
europe aristocracy scientism
Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers.
europe race development
We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race after wealth, and we have only begun the development of our vast resources.
europe people holocaust
Jewish people have been victims of anti-Semitism in many parts of the world, and in Europe they were the target of the Holocaust, the ultimate abomination. Yet, we cannot expect Palestinians to accept this as a reason why the wrongs done to them Kofi Annan
europe light soul
The destination of the soul: this is what I, led on by Nils Holgersson, came to seek in the literature of Western Europe. I fervently hope that my pursuit, as a Japanese, of literature and culture will, in some small measure, repay Western Europe for the light it has shed upon the human condition. Kenzaburo Oe
europe reign prussia
For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe. Kelly Miller
europe america different
To meet the shortage of supplies from America, due to lack of shipping, the representatives of the different supply departments were constantly in search of available material and supplies in Europe.
europe sea together
On December 8, 1921, when the Leopoldina set sail for Europe, we were on board. Our life together had finally begun. We held on to each other and looked out at the sea. It was impossibly large and full of beauty and danger in equal parts-and we wanted it all. Paula McLain
europe way ifs
If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe Peter L. Berger
europe worry people
In Europe people don't worry about the body. Paz Vega
europe shabby
We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe. Phil Collins
europe law united-states
All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. Peter Camejo
europe government heaven
With all the defects in our Constitution, whether general or particular, the comparison of our government with those of Europe, is like a comparison of Heaven with Hell. England, like the earth, may be allowed to take the intermediate station. Thomas Jefferson
europe people benefits
Who are benefits promised to, overwhelmingly? Well, they're promised to older people. And if you have a society like Europe that is upside down where there are a lot more older people than younger people, you have economic calamity. Rick Santorum
europe ideas people
New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate. Tahar Ben Jelloun
europe use gone
I decided I would put off the novel until I had gone to Europe and had a lover, and that I would never learn a word of shorthand. If I never learned shorthand I would never have to use it. Sylvia Plath
europe gone lovers
I had decided I would put off the novel until I had gone to Europe and had a lover.
europe yield may
Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want reason. Swami Vivekananda
europe diversity embodiment
Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. Ulrich Beck
europe united-states duty
In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty . Umberto Eco
europe paris government
We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington. Richard Perle
europe unqualified interest
Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.