“It is not just that it is profoundly offensive to the leaders and people of a democratic Germany to paint Hitler on the wall (or on the remnants of the Wall). It is also consummately counterproductive. Such sauce does not make the meat of substantive criticism more interesting. It means that the whole dish is pushed away. It does not mean that Britain's voice is listened to more attentively in the councils of Europe. It means that it is listened to even less.” PeopleMeanDoeWholeVoiceInterestingLeaderWallEuropeCriticismDemocraticPaintMeatGermanyBritainDishesOffensiveCouncilSauceRemnantsCounterproductivePushed Away Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“The liberal tradition has its roots in the Enlightenment, that period in the eighteenth-century Europe when intellectuals and political leaders had a powerful sense that reason could be employed to make the world a better place.” WorldReasonPoliticalPowerfulLeaderCenturyPeriodsEnlightenmentEuropeTraditionRootsEmployedBetter PlacePolitical Leaders Book:The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
“National Socialist Germany wishes for peace because it recognises the simple fact that no war would be likely to substantially to ameliorate the state of distress in Europe. The distress would probably be made the greater thereby. If only the leaders and rulers had wanted peace, the people would never have wished for war.” PeopleIfsMadeWarStatesFactsWould BeWantedWishSimpleLeaderGreaterEuropeGermanyRulersSocialistDistressRecogniseNo War Author:Adolf Hitler
“We know that England is crying for a leader, and that leader has emerged in the person of the greatest Englishman I have ever known, Sir Oswald Mosley... When the history of Europe comes to be written I can assure you that his name will not be second to either Mussolini or Hitler.” KnowsPersonsI CanNamesKnownLeaderWrittenCryEuropeEnglandEnglishmen Author:William Joyce
“There are a variety of reasons. Not all Western leaders are equal. We have to make a certain separation from naïve Americans and Europeans. These are two different categories. For the Europeans, it affects the image of the "New Europe." The false image of Europe is that it is peaceful, separate from the past. Now the image of the New Europe is a radically false image.” TwoDifferentReasonPastCertainLeaderEqualEuropeWesternSeparationPeacefulVarietyCategories Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld
“Six months after 9/11, Jean-Marie Le Pen was almost elected president of France. There were a number of leaders and a number of parties running in the French national elections that year in the spring of 2002. But it ended up being not just a shock across France, and not just a shock across Europe. But it ended up being almost a worldwide shock when in the spring of 2002, Jean-Marie Le Pen came in second in those national elections. That put him in a two-man runoff for the presidency of France, spring of 2002.” MenYearsTwoRunningPresidentPartyNumbersLeaderMonthsSixSpringEuropeElectionFranceShockPensPresidencySix MonthsMarie Author:Rachel Maddow