“The events in Prague, together with the Berlin blockade, convinced the European recipients of American economic assistance that they needed military protection as well: that led them to request the creation of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which committed the United States for the first time ever to the peacetime defense of Western Europe.” FirstsWellsStatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMilitaryEventsCreationNeededFirst TimeEuropeOrganizationWesternCommittedProtectionDefenseConvincedAssistanceRequestBerlinTreatiesWestern EuropePragueBlockades Author:John Lewis
“Czech Republic is an important part of central Europe. It's clear that we must participate in European integration. I am convinced that the Czech Republic - or, in the past, Czechoslovakia - would have been one of the founding members of the EU if it hadn't been for the communist takeover in 1948.” IfsHas BeensImportantPastClearMembersEuropeConvincedRepublicCommunistIntegrationFoundingCzechTakeoversCzechoslovakiaCzech RepublicEuropean Integration Author:Vaclav Klaus
“A Europe that qualifies its own values is not attractive in the eyes of Muslims. Europe must conduct itself as a strong partner, both intellectually and spiritually, and it must be convinced of its own advantages. This is the only way we will gain respect.” WayEyeValuesStrongGainsEuropeAdvantageConvincedPartnersAttractive Author:Walter Kasper
“I am convinced that 1941 will be the crucial year of a great New Order in Europe. The world shall open up for everyone. Privileges for individuals, the tyranny of certain nations and their financial rulers shall fall. And last of all this year will help to provide the foundations of a real understanding among peoples, and with it the certainty of conciliation among nations. . . . Those nations who are still opposed to us will some day recognize the greater enemy within. Then they will join us in a combined front, a front against Jewish exploitation and racial degeneration.” WorldYearsStillsRealHelpingLastsCertainOrderFallIndividualNationsUnderstandingEnemyGreaterFrontsEuropeFoundationFinancialPrivilegeConvincedTyrannyCertaintyCrucialRulersExploitationDegenerationEnemy Within Author:Adolf Hitler
“The myth of the dead Indian goes back to the Protestant settlement of the U.S. The Pilgrims wanted to start a new life in America. They wanted to believe that in some sense they had come to a new Eden and that they could leave history behind in Europe. So they convinced themselves that this land had no history, that this was "virgin" land. This made the Indians' presence inconvenient.” BelieveMadeWantedAmericaBehindsLandEuropeMythConvincedIndianVirginsNew LifeEdenProtestantsPilgrimSettlementInconvenient Author:Richard Rodriguez
“If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.” IfsBelieveEuropeConvincedComplainingSundaySaturdayMonday Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“We Poles are and will remain convinced Europeans. For us, Europe is a community of the diversity of nations. No mishmash.” NationsCommunityDiversityEuropeConvinced Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski
“In this case [the Charlemagne Prize], I don't say (I was) forced, but convinced by the holy and theological headstrongness of Cardinal [Walter] Kasper, because he was chosen, elected by Aachen to convince me. And I said yes, but in the Vatican. And I said I offer it for Europe, as a co-decoration for Europe, a prize so that Europe may do what I desired at Strasburg; that it may no longer be "grandmother Europe" but "mother Europe."” MaySaidMotherCasesHolyOffersEuropeConvincedChosenConvinceGrandmotherPrizeTheologicalCardinalsDecoration Author:Pope Francis
“Anyone who thinks that the Communist regimes of Central Europe are exclusively the work of criminals is overlooking a basic truth: The criminal regimes were made not by criminals but by enthusiasts convinced they had discovered the only road to paradise. They defended that road so valiantly that they were forced to execute many people. Later it became clear that there was no paradise, that the enthusiasts were therefore murderers.” PeopleThinkingMadeClearEuropeConvincedCriminalsParadiseCommunistRegimesMurdererOverlooking Author:Milan Kundera
“My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep the United States free from political connections with every other country; to see that they may be independent of all and under the influence of none.” WayWantMayHas BeensCountryStatesCharacterHomePoliticalDesireInfluencePolicyJudgmentEuropeConnectionsAimIndependentConvincedEngagementForeign PolicyOther CountriesArdentAmerican Character Author:George Washington