“This was 1990, the year that communism died in Europe and it seemed strange to me that in all the words that were written about the fall of the iron curtain, nobody anywhere lamented that it was the end of a noble experiment. I know that communism never worked and I would have disliked living under it myself but none the less it seems that there was a kind of sadness in the thought that the only economic system that appeared to work was one based on self interest and greed.” KnowsYearsKindEndsSelfSeemsFallInterestWrittenSadnessEconomicStrangeEuropeDiedGreedNobleExperimentsCommunismIronCurtainsSelf InterestEconomic SystemsIron Curtain Author:Bill Bryson
“Welfare culture is bad not just because, as in Europe, it's bankrupting the state, but because it enfeebles the citizenry, it erodes self-reliance and resourcefulness.” SelfStatesCultureEuropeWelfareSelf RelianceRelianceCitizenryErodeResourcefulness Author:Mark Steyn
“[Europe has] this tradition of self revelation in popular music. We have it here - it's called Country Western Music... I think that's where the deeper and more complex subjects are treated.” ThinkingSelfCountrySubjectsEuropeTraditionComplexesWesternDeeperTreatedRevelationsPopular MusicSelf RevelationWestern MusicCountry WesternCountry Western Music Author:Leonard Cohen
“Europe is acting in a very self-destructive manner, but is doing so because it's trying to be loyal to the United States.” TryingSelfStatesUnitedActingUnited StatesEuropeDestructiveLoyalSelf Destructive Author:Michael Hudson
“I know there are some voices calling for a punitive deal that punishes Britain. That would be an act of calamitous self-harm for the countries of Europe, and it would not be the act of a friend.” KnowsSelfCountryWould BeVoiceDealsCallingEuropeHarmBritainSelf Harm Author:Theresa May
“If I had the money I'd pay people to have them read accurate books or posts about our own religion. It is very important not only for their self-image, but also for the future of Europe - as a biological term.” PeopleIfsImportantBookSelfTermPayEuropePostsAccurate Author:Varg Vikernes
“I don't regard fundamentalism in the United States or in Europe as a terrible threat, partly because it is a self-curing disease. The younger generation drifts away, so fundamentalists always have to recruit to keep up with themselves.” SelfStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsTerribleDiseaseEuropeRegardThreatFundamentalismYounger GenerationRecruit Author:Ninian Smart
“I kept finding the same anguish, the same doubt; a self-contempt that neither irony nor intellect seemed able to deflect. Even DuBois’s learning and Baldwin’s love and Langston’s humor eventually succumbed to its corrosive force, each man finally forced to doubt art’s redemptive power, each man finally forced to withdraw, one to Africa, one to Europe, one deeper into the bowels of Harlem, but all of them in the same weary flight, all of them exhausted, bitter men, the devil at their heels.” MenArtSelfAbleForceDoubtFindingsDevilEuropeDeeperIntellectFlightBitterIronyContemptHeelsWearyExhaustedAnguishHarlemBowelsDubois Book:Dreams From My Father Source: Dreams From My Father
“Taken as a whole, Europe's share of world output is projected to fall by almost a third in the next two decades. This is the competitiveness challenge - and much of our weakness in meeting it is self-inflicted. Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon.” WorldTwoSelfWholeFallNextChallengesTakenShareWeaknessEuropeThirdsMeetingsComplexesDecadesLabourPhenomenonOutputCompetitivenessSelf Inflicted Author:David Cameron
“I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.” SelfWomenEuropeSlaveNosesElites Author:Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“The Finn is the most watery person in Europe... Here people take baths that last three or four hours and steep their bodies in water right down to their most secret selves.” PeoplePersonsSelfBodyLastsThreeWaterHoursSecretFourEuropeBathsSteep Author:Angel Ganivet
“India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.” WaySelfPhilosophyGovernmentMotherLanguageCommunityRaceChristianityDemocracyEuropeIdealsIndiaMathematicsIndianVillageHinduismSelf-governmentRepublic DaySanskritHappy Independence Day IndiaMotherlandIndia Independence DayIndian Independence Day Author:Will Durant
“Too rich to be relevant to the world's poor, [Europe] attracts immigration but cannot encourage imitation. Too passive regarding international security. Too self-satisfied, it acts as if its central political goal is to become the worlds most comfortable retirement home. Too set in its ways, it fears multicultural diversity” IfsWorldWaySelfHomePoliticalGoalPoorRichSecurityComfortableDiversityEuropeInternationalImmigrationSatisfiedRetirementRelevantPassiveImitationNational SecurityMulticulturalRetirement Homes Book:Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power Source: Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power