“You either believe in Europe at any price: in other words we have to be in Europe at any price because you can't survive without it, or you don't. If you don't it tends to suggest there is a price which you are not willing to pay.” IfsBelievePayWillingEurope Author:Liam Fox
“The integration of Europe was very much led by a Germany that was always willing to pay a little bit extra to reach a compromise that everybody accepted, because Germany was so eager to get European support for reunification. That was called the "farsighted vision," which created the European Union.” LittlesBitsPayVisionSupportWillingLittle BitEuropeUnionsAcceptedCompromiseExtrasGermanyIntegrationEuropean UnionReunification Author:George Soros
“Vladimir Putin and Russia. 'When a bear wakes up from hibernation, he doesn't eat a few blueberries and then go back to sleep.' They have their eyes on Eastern Europe, and if NATO is not willing to stand up forcefully to this threat today, it will only become more difficult to do so down the road.” IfsEyeTodayDifficultSleepWillingBearsEuropeWake UpThreatRussiaEasternPutinDown The RoadNatoEastern EuropeBlueberriesHibernation Author:Seth Moulton
“Some in the West apparently believe that Poland no longer has its own interests, and that it is all too willing to agree with the opinions of others. This is absolutely not the case. Indeed, other countries in Europe uphold their own interests with great determination.” BelieveCountryInterestOpinionCasesWillingEuropeDeterminationAgreeWestOther CountriesPolandGreat Determination Author:Lech Kaczynski
“My first guiding principle is this: willing and active co-operation between independent sovereign states. Europe will be stronger precisely because it has France as France, Spain as Spain, Britain as Britain, each with its own customs, traditions and identity. It would be folly to try to fit them into some sort of identikit European personality.” TryingFirstsStatesWould BePrinciplesIdentityWillingPersonalityFitEuropeTraditionStrongerIndependentActiveFranceOperationsFollyBritainCustomsSovereignSpainGuiding Principles Book:CPC [publications]. Source: CPC [publications].
“During my campaign, I had come across a small number of (mostly) young men, who had strongly racist views. They told me they would only vote for a party that was willing to get rid of black and coloured people from this country. What struck me as strange is that they weren't bothered about the thousands of white Europeans arriving from Central and Eastern Europe.” PeopleMenCountryYoungBlackWhiteViewsPartyNumbersStrangeWillingEuropeVoteCampaignsYoung ManRacistEasternBotheredArrivingSmall NumbersEastern Europe Author:Andrea Leadsom
“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
“I hope people appreciate Chancellor Merkel because, although she traditionally is considered center-right and I'm considered center-left, the truth is that we share those core values, and those are worth protecting. As the senior leader in Europe, as the leader who's been longest lasting, I think she has great credibility, and she is willing to fight for those values. I'm glad that she's there, and I think the German people should appreciate her. Certainly, I have appreciated her as a partner.” PeopleThinkingShouldValuesFightingLeftLeaderShareWillingTruth IsEuropeAppreciatePartnersCoreGladLastingSeniorAppreciatedCredibilityCore Values Author:Barack Obama
“If Donald Trump shows signs of backing out of Europe, the Russians might be willing to stay out of his confrontation with Iran. If he follows Obama's program in Europe, things might be different.” IfsDifferentShowsMightWillingTrumpEuropeProgramIranConfrontationBacking Out Author:Lawrence Davidson
“People who are not willing to respect not only the given law, but our democratic way of life, should not live in Europe.” PeopleWayShouldLawGivenWillingEuropeDemocratic Author:Vera Jourova
“The American people have on many occasions been willing to shed their own blood for a noble cause, like when hundreds of thousands of Americans participated in the fight against fascism in Europe, and other causes. There are many good people there, and the Cuban people know the American people, we have many examples of solidarity from the American people in every stage of the Cuban people's fight for independence.” PeopleKnowsFightingCausesBloodStageExampleWillingEuropeIndependenceNobleOccasionsGood PeopleFascismShedSolidarityCubanNoble Causes Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.” PeopleNeedsUnderstandingLeadershipPartyMillionsTroubleStreetsProduceWillingEuropeTradeUnionsBritainLabourEasternPhilippinesLabour PartyEastern EuropeTrade Unions Author:Arthur Scargill
“It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is a claim from which I will not recede and which, God willing, I will make good.” WorldWarLastsWillingEuropeClaimsGods WillWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War 2Territorial Author:Adolf Hitler
“The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go to Europe and get hammered.” RunningWillingLosingEuropeBobInspirational RunningHammered Author:Frank Shorter
“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is eager to enter into close relationship with the Bank for International Settlements....The conclusion is impossible to escape that the State and Treasury Departments are willing to pool the banking system of Europe and America, setting up a world financial power independent of and above the Government of the United States....The United States under present conditions will be transformed from the most active of manufacturing nations into a consuming and importing nation with a balance of trade against it.” WorldStatesGovernmentAmericaNationsUnitedMoneyUnited StatesDemocracyImpossibleConditionsNew YorkWillingBalanceEuropeIndependentTradeFinancialInternationalActiveSettingConclusionSettingsDepartmentPoolTransformedReservesBankingBankersConsumingManufacturingNew World OrderSettlementTreasuryFederal ReserveBanking SystemClose RelationshipBankers And BanksEurope And America Author:Louis Thomas McFadden