Quotes About Europe

Alemania estaba transformada. Hitler había erradicado el desempleo, algo que ningún otro dirigente europeo había conseguido hacer.

He did not share his father's belief that the Germans were a superior type of human, but on the other hand he could see that German mastery of Europe would be no bad thing. The French had many brilliant talents—cooking, painting, fashion, wine—but they were not good at government. French officials saw themselves as some kind of aristocracy, and thought it was perfectly all right to

He had quoted Lenin: 'He who controls Berlin, controls Germany; and who controls Germany, controls Europe.

keep citizens waiting hours. A dose of German efficiency would do them a world of good. The same went for the disorderly Italians. Eastern Europe would benefit most of all. The old Russian Empire was still in the Middle Ages, with ragged peasants starving in hovels, and women flogged for adultery. Germany would bring order, justice, and modern agricultural methods.

They had just started their first scheduled air service. Planes went from Vienna to Kiev and back like railway trains. There would be a network of flights all over Europe after Germany won the war. And Walter and Maud would raise their children in a peaceful and well-ordered world.

The war in Continental Europe appeared to be over. Germany had won. Europe was Fascist from Poland to Sicily and from Hungary to Portugal. There was no fighting anywhere. Rumors said the British government had discussed peace terms.

Quien controle Berlín controlará Alemania, y quien controle Alemania controlará Europa».

When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended it to happen. But the emperors and prime ministers, one by one, made decisions—logical, moderate decisions—each of which took us a small step closer to the most terrible conflict the world had ever known.

An Outline of European Architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner.

The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, and most of the great Gothic churches that are still the most beautiful buildings in the cities of Europe, were erected in the Middle Ages, a time marked by violence, famine, and plague. The construction of a cathedral was a huge enterprise lasting decades.

había recogido a un europeo en una carretera.

When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants, I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended for it to happen. But the emperors and prime ministers, one by one, made decisions –logical, moderate decisions –each of which took us a small step closer to the most terrible conflict the world had ever known. I came to believe that it was all a tragic accident. And I wondered: Could that happen again?

I believe that the existing power structures in Europe and Northeast Asia are not sustainable through 2020.

The Germans are indeed the economically and politically strongest power in Europe. But their superiority does not equal the past and present superiority of the Americans.

There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy].

Europe is creating the flight of refugees that's tearing it apart politically, and leading rightwing nationalist parties to gain power to withdraw from the Eurozone.

Without the potatoe, the balance of European power might never have tilted north

Peace and security both in Europe and in the Pacific still depend on a balance of power.

I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe

The Saudis would struggle in Europe because of that problem with those prayers five times a day.

"What Thou wilt, when Thou wilt, how Thou wilt." I had rather speak these three sentences from my heart in my mother tongue than be master of all the languages in Europe.

I would have set out very quickly the relationship with Europe.

I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive.

His dekkan system was not merely preserved by Persia's Arab conquerors but would eventually appear as the model for European feudal vassalage (more because of convergence than shared ancestry).