“In France those absurd perversions of the art of war which covered themselves under the name of chivalry were more omnipotent than in any other country of Europe. The strength of the armies of Philip and John of Valois was composed of a fiery and undisciplined aristocracy which imagined itself to be the most efficient military force in the world, but which was in reality little removed from an armed mob.” WorldLittlesArtWarCountryRealityNamesForceMilitaryEuropeArmyAbsurdFranceCoveredEfficientOther CountriesArt Of WarAristocracyFieryChivalryPerversionPhilipOmnipotentMilitary ForceUndisciplined Book:A history of the art of war in the middle ages Source: A history of the art of war in the middle ages
“In '83 I started travelling round Europe with my slide show. It wasn't until I moved to Europe and got accepted in a big way in Berlin in the '90s that I got acceptance by the big art world in New York. I didn't really get to be known, or in the market, til '93 in New York.” WorldWayArtShowsBigsKnownNew YorkAcceptanceEuropeMovedRoundsAcceptedSlidesBerlinArt World Author:Nan Goldin
“It is quite clear that the German and Chinese revolutions in case of victory would have changed the face of Europe and Asia, and perhaps of the whole world.” WorldWholeFacesCasesClearChangedRevolutionVictoryEuropeWhole WorldChineseAsiaChinese Revolution Author:Leon Trotsky
“The United States has kept the peace through our alliances. Donald Trump wants to tear up our alliances. I think it makes the world safer and, frankly, it makes the United States safer. I would work with our allies in Asia, in Europe, in the Middle East, and elsewhere. That's the only way we're going to be able to keep the peace.” ThinkingWorldWayWantStatesAbleUnitedUnited StatesMiddleTearsTrumpEuropeEastAlliesMiddle EastElsewhereAsiaAlliances Author:Hillary Clinton
“When I turned twenty-five, I did a six-week trip around Europe by myself. I'd never really done a European trip before and I'd definitely never traveled alone like that. I just had such a great time meeting people. I had such a great time seeing new cultures and different ways that people think and different ways that they live and different ways that they see the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayDifferentDoneCultureFiveSeeingWeekSixEuropeTwentiesMeetingsDifferent WaysTraveledGreat TimesTwenty FiveNew Cultures Author:Tyler Hoechlin
“In my essays and articles I have been saying again and again that the case of Israel and Palestine, the case of Israel and the Arab world, and indeed the case of Israel and Europe, is not black and white. It's not a western movie.” WorldHas BeensBlackWhiteCasesEuropeWesternIsraelArticlesBlack And WhiteAgain And AgainEssaysPalestineArab WorldWestern Movie Author:Amos Oz
“In Canada, the U.S. and most of Europe it may be easy to take political stands, this is something for which you can be forced to pay with your life, or your freedom, in many other parts of the world, from Iran to Russia to Pakistan to China.” WorldMayPoliticalEasyPayEuropeChinaRussiaCanadaIranPakistanYour Freedom Author:Adam Hochschild
“We can take our Japanese clients around the world. We can take them to Brazil, Europe, anywhere. And we also take companies from around the world into Japan.” WorldCompanyEuropeAround The WorldJapanClientsBrazil Author:Jamie Dimon
“In fact, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 bans militarization. Potential adversaries of the US, and even its allies, are so far behind that these countries are very interested in maintaining the treaty. Europe and the rest of the world want a strong reaffirmation of the Treaty and the US is unilaterally trying to derail it. Termination of the treaty would mean that the US could develop satellite weapons, put offensive weapons in space. It would probably mean using nuclear power in space. All of this leads to some very dangerous scenarios, including destruction of the species.” WorldWantTryingMeanCountryFactsStrongSpaceBehindsDangerousWeaponsEuropeDestructionSpeciesIncludingNuclearAlliesOffensiveMaintainingAdversariesScenariosBansTreatiesOuter SpaceSatellitesNuclear PowerTermination Author:Noam Chomsky
“At any rate, those problems [ non-proliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction ] would not be so acute, with numerous terror attacks and victims of those attacks in many areas of the world - in Europe and in the United States. We also never would have had such an urgent problem with refugees, I have no doubt about it.” WorldStatesProblemUnitedUnited StatesDoubtWeaponsMassEuropeAreasDestructionVictimRateTerrorNo DoubtRegimesRefugeeUrgentWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionProliferationTerror Attacks Author:Vladimir Putin
“[Fall of the Berlin Wall] is a reminder that the commitment of the United States, to Europe is enduring and it's rooted in the values we share; our commitment to democracy, our commitment to rule of law, our commitment to the dignity of all people in our own countries and around the world.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesLawValuesFallUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyShareWallCommitmentEuropeDignityEndureAround The WorldRootedRemindersBerlinRule Of LawBerlin Wall Author:Barack Obama
“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 do believe that Chancellor Merkel and Germany are a lynchpin in protecting the basic tenets of a liberal, market-based democratic order that has created unprecedented prosperity and security for Europe, but also for the world.” WorldBelieveOrderSecurityEuropeDemocraticProsperityGermanyUnprecedented Author:Barack Obama
“I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.” KnowsWorldImportantSubjectsEuropeReasonableNavyReductionNavalArmament Author:Frank B. Kellogg
“Vladimir Putin wants practical things, like the end of economic sanctions, but he also wants far greater sway in Europe and in the overall ideological trends of the world.” WorldWantEndsGreaterEconomicEuropePracticalsTrendsEnd Of The WorldPutinSanctionsIdeologicalPractical ThingsEconomic Sanctions Author:David Remnick
“I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.” PeopleWorldWantCompassionEuropeCrisisSafetyResponseExtraordinarySeekingHumanitarianGreekIslandsAdmirationRefugeeMigrants Author:Barack Obama
“People are less certain of their national identities or their place in the world. It starts looking different and disorienting. And there is no doubt that that has produced populist movements both from the left and from the right in many countries in Europe.” PeopleWorldDifferentCountryCertainLeftDoubtMovementIdentityEuropeNo DoubtPlaces In The WorldPopulistNational Identity Author:Barack Obama
“I felt implicated in American affairs.Outraged at the blatant lies about Iraqs involvement in al Qaeda, at the regimes arrogance and stupidity, Guantnamo Bay and all the rest of it. But the poems at the start of District and Circle Anahorish 1944, The Aerodromearent particularly aimed as criticism. On the contrary, there's a recognition of the big contribution to world order made in Europe during World War II.” WorldMadeWarBigsLyingOrderFeltEuropeCriticismAffairIraqStupidityContraryCirclesRecognitionWar Of The WorldsArroganceContributionAlsWorld War IiRegimesWorld War IInvolvementAl QaedaWorld OrderOutragedBlatant Lies Author:Seamus Heaney
“There's a big difference between how the Anglo-Saxon world views India, or viewed India, and the way Europe views India.” WorldWayBigsDifferencesViewsEuropeIndiaWorld ViewAnglo Saxon Author:Kabir Bedi
“The Anglo-Saxon world saw India as an underdeveloped country. The land of snake charmers, the cows on the street, that "ex-colony-backward-nation" kind of viewpoint, very condescending. Europe on the other hand, saw India in a more romantic, mystical, spiritual way, as a place that's a fountain of wisdom.” WorldWayKindCountryHandsSpiritualNationsSawsStreetsLandEuropeIndiaCowsMysticalSnakesFountainExesViewpointsColonyCondescendingAnglo SaxonCharmersUnderdeveloped Countries Author:Kabir Bedi
“If Donald Trump dismantles the agreement [the "Iran nuclear deal"] won by President Barack Obama with President Hassan Rouhani and the Iranian government and people: If he dismantles that, and puts greater sanctions on Iran, then we are leading to another war; another war inspired by Israel, another war that will bring China into war, Russia into war, Europe into war. And the Western world, in this war, will be taken completely down, and a whole new world is on the horizon.” PeopleIfsWorldWarWholeGovernmentPresidentDealsTakenGreaterTrumpEuropeDown AndWesternInspiredIsraelChinaNuclearRussiaBarackAgreementIranHorizonNew WorldSanctionsIranianPresident Barack ObamaWestern WorldHassan Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I am warning my people, but I'm also warning Iran, and warning Saudi Arabia, and warning China and Russia and Europe. We are at the end of this world.” PeopleWorldEndsThis WorldEuropeChinaRussiaIranWarningArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Many people in the United States happen to believe that United States policy is wrong in Vietnam and the Vietcong are correct in wanting to organize their country in their own way politically. This happens to be pretty much the opinion of western Europe and the other parts of the world.” PeopleWorldWayBelieveCountryStatesHappensUnitedOpinionUnited StatesPolicyEuropeWesternVietnamOrganizeWestern EuropeVietcong Author:Gore Vidal
“World War Two was a world war in space. It spread from Europe to Japan, to the Soviet Union, etc. World War Two was quite different from World War One which was geographically limited to Europe. But in the case of the Gulf War, we are dealing with a war which is extremely local in space, but global in time, since it is the first 'live' war.” WorldFirstsTwoDifferentWarSpaceCasesEuropeUnionsSpreadLocalsWar Of The WorldsEtcJapanSovietWorld War ISoviet UnionGulf WarWorld War TwoWorld War One Author:Paul Virilio
“We are living in a world where major states and large geopolitical projects have to prove their competitive edge. It is clear, as well, that with regard to the intensifying American-Chinese confrontation and the inert power of a united Europe, Russia has to make up its mind - because it is losing ground as an independent center of power.” WorldMindWellsStatesUnitedClearProveProjectsMajorsLosingEuropeRegardIndependentEdgesRussiaChineseConfrontationGeopolitical Author:Garry Kasparov
“Political uncertainty around the world has more than doubled since the election of Trump. To find anything comparable we have to go way back, to the late 1920s for example, the times of the Great Depression. Or think of the United Kingdom in the 1970s, when the International Monetary Fund had to help the country out with a dramatic rescue operation. Up until the Greek crisis, that was the last time that the IMF was forced to intervene to such an extent in Europe.” ThinkingWorldWayCountryHelpingLastsPoliticalUnitedExampleTrumpLateEuropeElectionCrisisInternationalKingdomsAround The WorldUncertaintyOperationsGreekDramaticFundRescueLast TimeMonetaryGreat DepressionUnited KingdomImf Author:Nicholas Bloom
“I'm going to be very clear in everything we do. I believe the special relationship is important to us, it's important more widely across Europe and the world. But I will also be very clear in the decisions I take and the conversations I have about UK interests. I'm not going to say anything different to Donald Trump to what I'm saying to you in terms of UK interests and where those lie.” WorldBelieveImportantDifferentLyingI BelieveTermInterestDecisionClearSpecialTrumpConversationEuropeSay AnythingSpecial Relationship Author:Theresa May
“Every shop in every High Street in Europe is filled with basically the same stuff. There's a street in every city of the world that has a Gap and Benneton's, and the upscale versions of those.” WorldStuffCitiesStreetsEuropeFilledVersionsShopsGaps Author:William Gibson
“I have been criticized for pointing out that anarchism is likely to flourish more easily, at least in the western world, and to a certain extent in eastern Europe, in those areas where there is either grim need or considerable technological development.” WorldNeedsHas BeensCertainDevelopmentEuropeAreasWesternTechnologicalEasternPointingAnarchismGrimWestern WorldEastern EuropeTechnological Development Author:Murray Bookchin
“[John] Adams's letters reveal his persistence and determination to win over the Dutch against all odds and to convince them and the other peoples of Europe of the potential greatness of the United States and of the importance of the Revolution to the world.” WorldStatesWinningUnitedUnited StatesGreatnessRevolutionEuropeDeterminationLettersImportancePersistenceConvinceOddsDutchAgainst All Odds Author:Gordon S. Wood
“Britain, as a pop music nation, used to have this very 'empire' kind of attitude. We used to 'invade' the world with our bands, you know? That's obviously changed, because in Europe they're much more interested in bands speaking their own language. Especially in France and Germany. They're starting to develop their own bands much more.” KnowsWorldKindUsedLanguageNationsAttitudeChangedBandEuropeStartingPopsFranceGermanyBritainEmpiresPop Music Author:James Dean Bradfield
“I want people to understand that, look, we're in a period of democratic deficit, democratic recession. There are fewer democracies in the world today than in 2005, and in many of the countries that are still technically democracies, we're seeing a reduction in the rule of law. And that's especially true in Central Europe, but it's also true of places like South Africa, the Philippines.” PeopleWorldWantLooksStillsCountryTodayLawDemocracySeeingPeriodsEuropeDemocraticSouthFewerSouth AfricaDeficitWorld TodayRule Of LawReductionRecessionsPhilippines Author:David Frum
“The world has changed around Europe. It is not only the migration crisis that has shown Europe is not up for challenge.” WorldChallengesChangedEuropeCrisisMigration Author:Viktor Orban
“We live in an age of de-democratization. The number of democracies in the world has been going backwards since 2005, and even many existing democracies including in Europe have been becoming less democratic.” WorldHas BeensAgeNumbersDemocracyBecomingEuropeDemocraticIncludingBackwardsDemocratization Author:David Frum
“The first time I went to West Virginia I was surprised by how poor it was. It was like north India, there's kids running around in bare feet. The white working class has been disenfranchised as well. It's been disenfranchised by the liberal-left as well as the conservative-right. You really have to get people right across America and Britain and Europe and the world as a whole concentrating on the economic issues that affect them, because when you don't have that, you have all these phony, racist and cultural wars, and sexist wars.” PeopleWorldFirstsWellsHas BeensWarWholeRunningKidsAmericaLeftWhitePoorClassIssuesFeetEconomicFirst TimeEuropeIndiaWestConservativeBritainRacistWorking ClassVirginiaConcentratingSexistPhonyWest VirginiaBare FeetDisenfranchisedEconomic Issues Author:Irvine Welsh
“After all, the American society has been also based on the premise of expanding education very early. That's been [one] of the main sources of success of the Americans. And there is something that the world can learn from it and also be assisted by the United States along with Europe and the rest of the world. I really hope that this is an issue that engages the American public.” WorldHas BeensStatesUnitedUnited StatesIssuesSourceEuropeExpandingPremisesAmerican Society Author:Amartya Sen
“In fact, what were called the socialist countries in Eastern Europe were the most anti-socialist systems in the world. Workers had more rights in the United States and England than they had in Russia, and it was somehow still called socialism.” WorldStillsCountryStatesFactsUnitedUnited StatesRightsEuropeEnglandWorkersRussiaSocialismSocialistEasternEastern EuropeSocialist Countries Author:Noam Chomsky
“The Second World War had really devastating effects for much of Europe. It really didn't take them very long to reconstruct state capitalist democracies because it was in people's heads. There were other parts of the world that were pretty much devastated and they couldn't do it; they didn't have the conceptions in their mind. A lot of it is human consciousness.” PeopleWorldMindHumansLongWarStatesConsciousnessDemocracyEffectsEuropeWar Of The WorldsConceptionCapitalistSecond World WarDevastatedHuman Consciousness Author:Noam Chomsky
“English is a second language in most of the educated sectors of Europe and much of the world. But maybe in the future Chinese will be. But I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe.” WorldFactsLanguageDoubtBecomingEuropeDisappearEducatedChineseDiverseBecoming MoreNational Language Author:Noam Chomsky
“Moves toward sovereignty in Iraq stimulate pressures first for human rights among the bitterly repressed Shi'ite population but also toward some degree of autonomy. You can imagine a kind of a loose Shi'ite alliance in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, controlling most of the world's oil and independent of the United States. And much worse, although Europe can be intimidated by the United States, China can't. It's one of the reasons, the main reasons, why China is considered a threat. We're back to the Mafia principle.” WorldFirstsHumansKindStatesReasonMovingUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesRightsImagineDegreesEuropePressureIndependentThreatHuman RightsIraqPopulationChinaOilReason WhyIranSovereigntyAutonomyMafiaAlliancesIntimidatedArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisRepressed Author:Noam Chomsky
“I know it feels like two steps forward and one step back, but we are making progress. In my lifetime, I have lived through one World War, I have lived through the end of Apartheid in South Africa, the pulling down of the Berlin Wall. I have experienced what I never thought I would have experienced, which is a pretty workable peace in Northern Ireland, and I experienced a unified Europe - until the Conservative government got its hands on the idea that in order to appease a few back-benchers they would hold a referendum, what a disastrous idea.” KnowsWorldFeelsTwoIdeasWarEndsHandsGovernmentOrderStepsProgressWallEuropeLifetimeSouthConservativeWar Of The WorldsIrelandWorld War ISouth AfricaPullingBerlinApartheidSteps ForwardUnifiedAppeaseNorthern IrelandReferendumsBerlin Wall Author:Patrick Stewart
“The sense the great democracies of the world - Europe, the United States, Japan, others - are going to set the agenda for the world. [Russians] want to bring that down.” WorldWantStatesUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyEuropeJapanAgendas Author:Daniel Fried
“Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.” ThinkingWorldTwoWarFightingCenturyEuropeFranceWar Of The WorldsGermanyBritainNationalism20th CenturyTwo Worlds Author:Daniel Fried
“Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another set of civil wars in Europe again, ever. That was a fabulous success. It was so fabulous that people now take it for granted.” PeopleWorldTwoWarUnitedEuropeNotionGrantedWar Of The WorldsSufficientCivil WarFabulousTwo Worlds Author:Daniel Fried
“If we are going to talk about the most recent of the "Indignados" movements in several countries of the world, including Europe, those are social movements but eventually they will evolve into political movements. This will happen because the traditional bourgeois parties have lost credibility after being the main political influence in most countries of Latin-America and Europe in the last 50 or 60 years.” IfsWorldYearsCountryHappensLastsAmericaPoliticalLostSocialPartyInfluenceMovementEuropeIncludingTraditionalEvolveLatinCredibilityBourgeoisLatin AmericaSocial MovementsPolitical MovementsCountries Of The WorldPolitical Influence Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“What the U.S. does is it continues to print money when the economic situation gets difficult. This is what happened in the last depression during the summer of 2008 when they tried to resolve the economic crisis by printing valueless money. This is the business privilege given to them at the famous conference of Bretton Woods in 1944 when the United States emerged as the superpower after Europe and the rest of the world, mainly Europe, that had collapsed because of the war.” WorldDoeWarStatesLastsGivenDifficultUnitedSituationUnited StatesHappenedEconomicSummerEuropeCrisisPrivilegeWoodsResolvePrintConferencesPrintingSuperpowerEconomic CrisisValueless Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“After the Second World War, facilitating the establishment of the UN and aiding the reconstruction of Europe, the United States was widely viewed, at least in the West, as a benevolent hegemon. In the non-West, the US was often perceived as a supporter of the colonial powers in their struggle to maintain control over their colonial possessions, and was viewed far more critically, especially by emerging elites that were more inclined to socialist development paradigms than to the capitalist ethos favoured by Washington.” WorldWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesStruggleDevelopmentEuropeWestPossessionWar Of The WorldsEstablishmentCapitalistElitesSocialistSupporterEmergingParadigmSecond World WarBenevolentReconstructionEthos Author:Richard A. Falk
“At this moment, everyone is in crisis, not only in Italy but all over Europe. Only in America do they make films that are successful all over the world. In Europe, production is quite poor. We have three or four or five films, which is not enough.” WorldEnoughMomentsAmericaFilmThreePoorSuccessfulFiveFourEuropeCrisisProductionsOnly In America Author:Sophia Loren
“At the moment we are hard-wired into the European markets - 50% of our exports go to Europe - and that has not been good for the UK. So I'm not saying "make Britain entirely dependent on China". I'm saying "let's diversify a bit". When I became chancellor, China was our ninth largest trading partner. This is the world's second biggest economy. China was doing more business with Belgium than it was with Britain.” WorldHardMomentsBitsEconomyEuropeChinaPartnersBritainDependentTradingBelgiumTrading Partners Author:George Osborne
“I did, I was in Europe a lot. I would say, mid 20s to late 30s. Less so in the last ten or twelve years. Based on some political stuff and other things, I think I'm not the only musician, the only American jazz musician that's not going to Europe quite as much. I think we're seen a little differently in the world, unfortunately, than we were pre-Iraq invasion and things like that.” ThinkingWorldYearsLittlesLastsPoliticalStuffTenLateMusicianEuropeJazzIraqTwelveInvasionJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Jon Gordon