“To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I'm going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don't sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.” WayKindCountryHardAmericaSpeakEuropePressureIncrediblesOur CountryJapanSuperstar Author:Narada Michael Walden
“Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent and, furthermore, the men of Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia.This vast power, gathered into one, endeavored to subdue at a blow our country and yours and the whole of the region within the straits, and then, Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and strength, among all mankind.” MenCountryWholeVirtueWonderfulMankindHe ManEuropeExcellenceBlowOur CountryIslandsEmpiresRegionsContinentsEgyptColumnsLibyaAtlantis Book:Gorgias and Timaeus Source: Gorgias and Timaeus
“Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe.” CountryInterestEuropeOur CountryBritainStabilityDisarmamentNato Author:James Callaghan
“I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard Shevardnadze, who made some contribution to German unity, were counterproductive for our country.” MadeCountryPresidentExpressionEuropeCriticismConstantUnityOur CountryFormerContributionCounterproductive Author:Irakli Okruashvili
“I will be laying out in detail, what I think we need to do with our friends and allies in Europe and elsewhere to do a better job of coordinating efforts against the scourge of terrorism. Our country deserves no less because all of the other issues we want to deal with depend upon us being secure and strong.” ThinkingWantNeedsCountryJobsStrongDealsEffortIssuesDependsDeserveEuropeDetailsTerrorismOur CountrySecureAlliesElsewhereBetter JobsScourgeCoordinating Author:Hillary Clinton
“If you like soccer, then welcome to America. See, our country already has entertainment so watching people chase a ball for four hours to end 0 - 0 is not enjoyable - unless, of course, the bleachers collapse and half of Europe dies.” PeopleIfsEndsCountryAmericaDiesCoursesHoursHalfFourEuropeBallsEntertainmentWelcomeOur CountrySoccerCollapseEnjoyableBleachers Author:Daniel Tosh
“We are not perfect. But we have doubtlessly fulfilled our obligations to the EU to a greater degree than the EU has its obligations to Italy, when it comes to the relocation or repatriation of refugees that are in our country. Italy does its homework better than the rest of Europe. Instead of the 160,000 migrants that were to be distributed across Europe, we are currently at 300.” DoeCountryPerfectGreaterDegreesEuropeObligationOur CountryFulfilledRefugeeHomeworkNot PerfectMigrants Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“It's not just other countries in Europe having a say over what we do. It's unelected bureaucrats in Brussels on sort of six-figure, huge salaries telling us how we run our country despite having never stood for an election themselves.” CountryRunningFiguresHugeSixEuropeElectionDespiteOur CountryOther CountriesSalaryBureaucratsBrussels Author:David Cameron
“Do you seriously propose that they are going to be so insane as to allow tariffs to be imposed. The EU is, I'm afraid a job destroying engine. You can see it all across southern Europe, you can see it, alas, in our country.” CountryJobsEuropeInsaneOur CountrySouthernDestroyingEnginesAlasProposeTariffs Author:Boris Johnson
“The way the Europeans work, most girls get paid by their federation; their country pays them. Essentially the federations say go represent our country, race on whatever trade team you want, and here's your money. So you don't really make you're money on trade teams. Europeans make money through their country's federation. There's not a lot of money for women in cycling in Europe either.” WayWantCountryGirlPayRaceTeamEuropePaidTradeOur CountryMaking MoneyLots Of MoneyCyclingFederation Author:Kristin Armstrong
“Many young Danish theologians went to Wittenberg starting in 1517, listened to Luther's theses and, in 1536, brought the Reformation to our country. This is why the Danes, unlike the people of many countries in Eastern and Central Europe, became Lutherans and not Calvinists.” PeopleCountryYoungEuropeStartingOur CountryEasternTheologianLutherReformationThesisDanishLutherans Author:Margrethe II of Denmark
“As long as Muslims cross this red line - if they commit crimes, if they start beating up women, if they start the genital mutilation, if they start to commit other crimes and honour killings as they unfortunately do in Western Europe many times - if they do that, I believe we should expel them, the same day if possible, from our country.” IfsShouldBelieveLongCountryI BelieveLinesCrimeEuropeRedCrossesWesternKillingCommitOur CountryHonourWestern EuropeMutilationRed Lines Author:Geert Wilders
“The desert could not be claimed or owned — it was a piece of cloth carried by winds, never held down by stones, and given a hundred shifting names before Canterbury existed, long before battles and treaties quilted Europe and the East ... All of us, even those with European homes and children in the distance, wished to remove the clothing of our countries. It was a place of faith. We disappeared into landscape.” ChildrenLongCountryHomeNamesGivenPiecesWindBattleHundredEuropeStonesDistanceEastOur CountryDesertLandscapeRemoveClothingsShiftingTreatiesCanterbury Author:Michael Ondaatje
“While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes about Hebrew points, Greek particles, or the accent and quantity of the Roman language, the youth of America will be employed in acquiring those branches of knowledge which increase the conveniences of life.” HumansCountryAmericaPoliticalLanguageSocialUnderstandingEducationYouthEuropeIncreaseMiseryPopulationOur CountryRuinsGreekBranchesQuantityAccentsEmployedDisputesLecturesParticlesConvenienceAntiquityHebrew Author:Benjamin Rush
“Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded, that the evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come, I have used my best endeavors to keep our country uncommitted in the troubles which afflict Europe, and which assail us on every side.” BelieveLongWarCountryAgeUsedEvilPeaceSidesTroubleMankindEuropeProsperityPursuitOur CountryEnduranceEndeavorStableReckoningUncommittedEvils Of War Book:Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence