“America is a nation created by all the hopeful wanderers of Europe, not out of geography and genetics, but out of purpose.” AmericaPurposeNationsEuropeHopefulGeographyGeneticsWanderers Book:The Making of the President 1960 Source: The Making of the President 1960
“Ever since I assumed my present office my main purpose has been to work for the pacification of Europe, for the removal of those suspicions and those animosities which have so long poisoned the air. The path which leads to appeasement is long and bristles with obstacles. The question of Czechoslovakia is the latest and perhaps the most dangerous. Now that we have got past it, I feel that it may be possible to make further progress along the road to sanity.” FeelsMayLongHas BeensPastPurposePathProgressAirDangerousOfficeEuropeObstaclesSanitySuspicionRemovalAnimosityAppeasementCzechoslovakia Author:Neville Chamberlain
“Hillary Clinton is pretty much what we would call a foreign-policy realist, someone who thinks the purpose of American foreign policy should be to adjust the foreign policies of other countries, work closely with traditional allies in Europe and Asia towards that end.” ThinkingShouldEndsCountryPurposePolicyEuropeClintonTraditionalAlliesForeign PolicyOther CountriesAsiaRealistAmerican Foreign Policy Author:Richard N. Haass
“The Simpson's in Piccadilly has been turned into the largest bookstore in all of Europe! How can they fill it? All of these purpose-built Borders and Chapters and every new mall that goes up has a giant chain bookstore with a purpose-built author reading space, whoah, what's gong on there.” Has BeensPurposeReadingSpaceEuropeBuiltChainsBordersGiantsChaptersBookstoresMallsGongs Author:William Gibson
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.” StatesPurposeChurchLibertyForeverBloodCenturyEuropeSeparationSoilPatrioticShoreStrifeChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateOur Founding FathersFounding Fathers ChristianUs Founding FathersForefathersFounding Fathers ReligionSeparation Between Church And StateFounding Fathers ReligiousFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers AtheistChristianity From Founding Fathers Author:James Madison
“...I suddenly felt in myself all the weight of Europe: the weight of deliberate purpose in all our actions. I thought to myself, 'How difficult it is for us to attain to reality... We always try to grab it: but it does not like to be grabbed. Only where it overwhelms man does it surrender itself to him.” MenTryingDoeRealityActionPurposeFeltDifficultEuropeWeightSurrenderDeliberateOur Actions Book:The Road To Mecca Source: The Road To Mecca
“Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitler's short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of Europe was wrenched from its normal purposes and converted into a machine for killing.” PurposeProcessWealthNormalEuropeMachinesKillingProductiveRegimesColossalShort Lived Author:James Buchan
“The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. To my knowledge, they didn't wait around for a return trip to Europe. You settle some place with a purpose. If you don't want to do that, stay home. You avoid an awful lot of risks by not venturing outward.” IfsWantHomePurposeWaitingRiskRocksReturnEuropeAwfulSettlingPilgrimMayflowerPlymouthPlymouth Rock Author:Buzz Aldrin
“And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in the private interest of royal families," Satan said, "sometimes to crush a weak nation; but never a war started by the aggressor for any clean purpose - there is no such war in the history of the race."” WorldSaidStillsWarSometimesPurposeNationsInterestRaceEuropeWeakCleanHistoricalSatanCrushPrivacyRoyalRoyal FamilyAggressors Book:The Mysterious Stranger: and Other Stories Source: The Mysterious Stranger: and Other Stories