“Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe.” Has BeensFactsOpportunityGivenNationsProcessStepsTakenEuropeGood ThingsUnionsZoneSolidarityDefectsGreeceEuro Author:George Papandreou
“In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? For their own selfish need to increase their own personal power.” PeopleMenNeedsFirstsAmericaTakenEuropeIncreaseSelfishAtmosphereDependencyPersonal Power Author:Pope Francis
“The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.” ForgetTakenAchievementEuropeGrantedPrincipalTaken For Granted Author:Dominique de Villepin
“Most of the well-developed world - Australia, Western Europe - they develop their resources base, they inventory it, they develop it, and they view it as a good source of jobs and revenue. We are a country that for too long has taken affordable energy for granted.” WorldWellsLongCountryJobsEnergyViewsTakenSourceResourcesEuropeWesternGrantedAustraliaRevenueAffordableInventoryWestern Europe Author:John S. Watson
“Trying to imagine E. M. Forster, who found Ulysses indecorous, at a London performance of Lenny Bruce—to which in fact he was once taken. Trying to imagine the same for a time-transported Nathaniel Hawthorne—who during his first visit to Europe was even shocked by the profusion of naked statues.” TryingFirstsFactsFoundTakenImagineEuropePerformancesLondonNakedShockedStatuesUlyssesHawthorne Book:The Last Novel Source: The Last Novel
“Some European countries insist on saying that during World War II, Hitler burned millions of Jews and put them in concentration camps. Any historian, commentator or scientist who doubts that is taken to prison or gets condemned. Although we don't accept this claim, if we suppose it is true... If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe - like in Germany, Austria or other countries - to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe. You offer part of Europe and we will support it.” IfsWorldGivingShouldWarCountryStatesAcceptingMillionsSupportTakenDoubtHonestOffersEuropeScientistClaimsPrisonJewWar Of The WorldsGermanyConcentrationCampsHistorianWorld War IiWorld War IBurnedOther CountriesProvincesCommentatorsZionistConcentration CampEuropean CountriesAustria Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“I do not know if the doctrine that the nation-state arose in the 19th century was still being taught:;... but it is erroneous. The nation-state reaches back far into the origins of Europe itself and perhaps beyond. If Europe was not always a Europe of nations, it was always a Europe in which nations existed, and were taken for granted, as a basic form of the State.” IfsKnowsStillsStatesFormNationsTakenCenturyTaughtEuropeDoctrineGranted19th CenturyTaken For Granted Author:Enoch Powell
“Every step which the intelligence of Europe has taken has been in spite of the clerical party.” Has BeensPartyStepsTakenAtheismEuropePositive AtheismSpiteEvery Step Author:Victor Hugo
“(I)t is highly questionable whether when 'Europe speaks with one voice', as we are so often told it is doing, anyone is really listening. Europe's reputation as a serious player in international affairs is unenviable. It is a feeble giant who desperate attempts to be taken seriously are largely risible. It has a weak currency and a sluggish inflexible economy, still much reliant on hidden protectionism. It has a shrinking, ageing, population and, with the exception of Britain, rather unimpressive armed forces and, not excepting Britain, muddled diplomacy.” StillsSpeakForceVoiceEconomyTakenPlayerSeriousListeningEuropeWeakAffairInternationalPopulationReputationGiantsDesperateBritainExceptionCurrencyDiplomacyAgeingArmed ForcesShrinkingQuestionableSluggishProtectionismInternational Affairs Author:Margaret Thatcher
“Ive never taken a vacation. Ive never been to Europe. Every time I planned to do something big, I got a job, and I could never pass that up.” BigsJobsTakenEuropeVacation Author:Dan Lauria
“Aside from rabid Islamists, no one who wishes to be taken seriously can publicly say anything bad about the old Jews of Europe without sounding like reactionary troglodytes.” WishTakenEuropeJewSay AnythingReactionariesIslamists Author:Jacob T. Schwartz
“The main problem, certainly, for the people who will not get vaccinated with Thimerosal, which was put into polio vaccine. And the belief was that it may cause autism. And there's been an awful lot done in terms of studies in Western Europe, Canada, the United States, and no correlation was found between Thimerosal and autism from those children who took vaccines. Indeed, when Thimerosal was taken out of many of these vaccines, the autism rate in the United States still rose.” PeopleMayChildrenStillsStatesDoneProblemFoundBeliefCausesTermUnitedUnited StatesStudyTakenEuropeRoseWesternRateAwfulCanadaAutismVaccinesCorrelationPolioWestern EuropePolio Vaccine Author:David Oshinsky
“There is an attempt to tarnish Turkey by using press freedom when it is in fact measures taken against terrorism, i dispute this. Nowhere in Europe or in other countries is there a media that is as free as the press in Turkey.” CountryFactsFreedomTakenMediaEuropePressesTerrorismOther CountriesDisputesTurkeysFreedom Of The Press Author:Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“In Germany representatives of the Islamic communities try to hijack children who are born here, along with the entire Islamic community, to prevent them from being influenced by the society which has taken them in. Children born here are like blank sheets on which you can write European or Islamic texts. Muslim representatives want to raise their children as if they don't even live in Europe.” IfsWantWritingTryingChildrenBornCommunityTakenEuropeRaisesGermanyIslamicRepresentativesBlankSheets Author:Bassam Tibi
“American businessmen have taken advantage of the opportunities which existed in Europe and Europeans seem not to have been aware of.” Has BeensSeemsOpportunityTakenEuropeAdvantageBusinessmanTaken Advantage Author:Emilio Pucci
“If a Danish politician would go up and say he believes in God, people would be a little bit taken aback by that because it's slightly different there than in the U.S. Most of Europe is not that faith based, especially in terms of the politics, and politicians don't use that there.” PeopleIfsBelieveLittlesDifferentUseWould BeBitsTermTakenPoliticianLittle BitEuropeBelieve In GodFaith BasedDanish Author:Nikolaj Arcel