Quotes About Portugal

I think at the end of the day, the real sick man of Europe is liable to turn out to be France, not Greece, not Portugal, not Spain, not Italy. The reason is France is very uncompetitive to begin with on a global scale, and the measures that Hollande has been putting in have been very, very negative from the point of view of economic growth.

One needs a comprehensive concept that decides just how much debt states like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy can sustainably bear.

When Columbus landed, Cook and Borah concluded, the central Mexican plateau alone had a population of 25.2 million. By contrast, Spain and Portugal together had fewer than ten million inhabitants. Central Mexico, they said, was the most densely populated place on earth, with more than twice as many people per square mile than China or India.

But this probably saved my father's parents' lives, for, in all the lands controlled by Spain and Portugal, the Inquisition went on a rampage after that. Instead of being roasted alive in some Portuguese auto da fé, my father's parents moved to New Amsterdam and worked for the Dutch West India Company in the slave trade, which was all they knew how to do.

she would enjoy a glimpse of Portugal, and she had no doubt she could cope with any advances Mr Marquand might choose to make. She told herself that conducting a mild flirtation with him was actually an essential part of the whole exercise, reminding her that she was a woman in her own right. And he was at least right about the absence of pirates. The Dolphin made

Portugal was making money out of both sides in the war, and, as always, the rich were adding to their hoards while the poor discovered the meaning of inflation and that wages never kept up with the stealthy increase in the cost of food.

To get to play alongside Cristiano and other very good Portuguese players makes me very proud, and I hope I can help inspire the next generation of nine-year-olds with painted faces, watching us in their own town squares.

In Portugal, there are just four or five teams who have 30,000 fans in their stadium, but teams in the middle of the table don't have many fans.

Fernão de Magalhães, or Ferdinand Magellan. According to most accounts, he was born in 1480, in the remote mountain parish of Sabrosa, the seat of the family homestead. He spent his childhood in northwestern Portugal, within sight of the pounding surf of the Atlantic.

allowed Spain or Portugal the freedom of the seas to reach lands belonging to one empire or the other.

Manuel's harshest policies concerned the Jews of Portugal

King Manuel of Portugal protested, Ferdinand, shading the truth a bit, explained that Solis's task was simply to find the line

when King Manuel wished to take the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella as his wife

he was told that he could do so only on condition that he "purify" Portugal by expelling the Jews

Despite these accommodations, anti-Semitism in Portugal led to a massacre of Jews in Lisbon in 1506.

Portugal retained its ambition to wrest control of the spice trade from the Arabs, and to reach the Spice Islands

Ferdinand took advantage of the most advanced education in Portugal

boundaries of the Most Serene King of Portugal, my very dear Uncle and Brother

No one in Portugal dared to admit the actual reason for Magellan's behavior

trying to lure Magellan and Faleiro back to Portugal.

Portuguese did not maintain a permanent settlement there. A small abandoned customshouse served as the sole evidence of the Portuguese occupation.

suspected that if he returned to Portugal he would be thrown into jail, tried for treason, and executed.

King Charles followed the advice, and Magellan and Faleiro retained his backing in spite of pressure from Portugual.

Portugal was the first European nation to exploit the sea for spices and the global empire that went along with them.