“First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow the destabilization of the 27-country euro zone. But if there were no action, then markets would start becoming jittery about other countries - and not only Spain and Portugal, but other countries in the European Union.” IfsFirstsCountryActionTalkingBecomingCapableEuropeUnionsZoneOther CountriesSpainGreeceMaking ChangesEuropean UnionEuroPortugal Author:George Papandreou
“We will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. We will stop that nuclear arms race that could happen in the Middle East. We will also make that Putin knows we have brigades in eastern Europe to make sure we deter his aggression. Peace through strength works.” KnowsHappensRaceMiddleArmsBecomingEuropeEastNuclearIranMiddle EastAggressionEasternPutinNuclear PowerArms RaceEastern EuropeNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms RacePeace Through Strength Author:Bobby Jindal
“I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe.” FactsLanguageDoubtBecomingEuropeDisappearDiverseBecoming MoreNational Language Author:Noam Chomsky
“The race of prophets is extinct. Europe is becoming set in its ways, slowly embalming itself beneath the wrappings of its borders, its factories, its law-courts and its universities. The frozen Mind cracks between the mineral staves which close upon it.” WayMindLawRaceBecomingEuropeCourtUniversityBordersProphetCracksFactoriesFrozenMineralsWrappingLaw CourtsEmbalming Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“Is America becoming decadent? Do we no longer regard our promises and pledges as sacred? ... We promised to make peace with Germany only in conjunction with the Allies; but we brought forward a separate peace, demanding for ourselves all the advantages of the Treaty of Versailles but rejecting all the responsibilities embodied in the Treaty. It was America's President who induced Europe to form a League of Nations; and then America was the first country that refused to joint it.... If these are not the symptoms of national decadency, what are they?” IfsFirstsCountryAmericaFormNationsPresidentResponsibilityBecomingPromiseEuropeAdvantageRegardSacredLeagueGermanyAlliesSymptomsJointsPledgeTreatiesMaking PeaceRejectingConjunctionsLeague Of NationsVersaillesSeparate Peace Author:B. C. Forbes
“In 2003, at the time I made my "Old Europe" comment, the center of gravity in NATO and Europe had long since shifted to the East. With the former Warsaw Pact countries joining NATO, the alliance has a different mix today. Some people were sensitive about my comment because they thought it was a pejorative way of highlighting demographic realities. Apparently they felt it pointed a white light at a weakness in Europe - an aging population. Europe has come some distance since World War II in becoming Europe.” PeopleWorldWayLongMadeDifferentWarCountryRealityLightTodayFeltWhiteBecomingWeaknessEuropeDistanceAgingPopulationEastFormerSensitiveWar Of The WorldsCommentWorld War IiGravityWorld War IAlliancesJoiningNatoDemographicsPactWhite LightHighlightingWarsawCenter Of GravityAging PopulationWarsaw Pact Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, - truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.” MenSeemsCommonSawsBecomingEuropeSri Lanka Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Europe is not becoming more unified - well, yes, on paper - but not as long as the criteria for so many things (import regulations, border control, visa politics...etc.) are still made in an unjust, unreasonable way.” WayWellsLongMadeStillsBecomingPaperEuropeBordersEtcRegulationUnjustCriteriaBecoming MoreUnreasonableUnifiedImportsVisaBorder Control Author:Sasa Stanisic
“In Europe, the houses and the apartments are getting smaller. So there is no need to increase the screen because the apartment is becoming smaller.” NeedsHouseBecomingEuropeIncreaseScreensApartment Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“We are willing to uphold principles that have resulted in unprecedented prosperity and security throughout Europe and around the world. With the threat of climate change only becoming more urgent, Angela [Merkel] and I focused on the need for American and E.U. leadership to advance global cooperation.” WorldNeedsPrinciplesSecurityWillingBecomingEuropeThreatClimateClimate ChangeProsperityFocusedAround The WorldCooperationUrgentUnprecedentedBecoming MoreAngela Author:Barack Obama
“[John] Adams's perception of Europe, and especially France, was clearly different than [Tomas] Jefferson's. For Jefferson, the luxury and sophistication of Europe only made American simplicity and virtue appear dearer. For Adams, by contrast, Europe represented what America was fast becoming - a society consumed by luxury and vice and fundamentally riven by a struggle between rich and poor, gentlemen and commoners.” MadeDifferentAmericaPoorStruggleVirtueRichBecomingPerceptionEuropeSimplicityVicesLuxuryFranceGentlemanContrastConsumedRich And PoorSophisticationCommonersTomas Jefferson Author:Gordon S. Wood
“[John Adams and Tomas Jefferson] shared experience in 1775 - 1776 in bringing about the separation from Britain and their service in Europe cemented a friendship that in the end withstood the most serious political and religious differences that one could imagine, especially their differences over the French Revolution. It was probably Jefferson's obsession with politeness and civility that kept the relationship from becoming irreparably broken.” EndsPoliticalDifferencesReligiousImagineSeriousBrokenRevolutionBecomingEuropeSeparationObsessionBritainCivilityPolitenessFrench RevolutionShared ExperiencesTomas JeffersonReligious Differences Author:Gordon S. Wood
“We live in an age of de-democratization. The number of democracies in the world has been going backwards since 2005, and even many existing democracies including in Europe have been becoming less democratic.” WorldHas BeensAgeNumbersDemocracyBecomingEuropeDemocraticIncludingBackwardsDemocratization Author:David Frum
“English is a second language in most of the educated sectors of Europe and much of the world. But maybe in the future Chinese will be. But I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe.” WorldFactsLanguageDoubtBecomingEuropeDisappearEducatedChineseDiverseBecoming MoreNational Language Author:Noam Chomsky
“In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color.” CommonColorBecomingEuropeImmigrantsContempt Book:Conversations with Toni Morrison Source: Conversations with Toni Morrison
“In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church moved to Greece where it became a philosophy. Then it moved to Rome where it became an institution. Next, it moved to Europe, where it became a culture. And, finally, it moved to America where it became an enterprise.” MenPhilosophyAmericaMovingReligionCultureNextChristChurchChristianityBecomingMen And WomenEuropeInstitutionsMovedEnterpriseRomePastorGreeceFellowshipCenteringChaplains Author:Richard Halverson
“I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While the rest of the world wants peace, Europe wants peace, the US wants peace, but this state wants war, war and war.” ThinkingWorldWantWarStatesNumbersHonestBecomingEuropeIsraelTerrorismInsaneBeing HonestCommentators Author:Norman Finkelstein
“All you decent, well-meaning gentlemen, let me ask you, have you any idea what sort of place the world is becoming all around you? The days when you could act out of your noble instincts are over. Except of course, you here in Europe don't yet seem to know it.” KnowsWorldWellsIdeasSeemsCoursesAsksBecomingEuropeLet MeInstinctNobleGentlemanDecent Book:The Remains of the Day Source: The Remains of the Day