“Europe has been at peace since 1945. But it is a restless peace thats shadowed by the threat of violence. Europe is partitioned. An unnatural line runs through the heart of a very great and a very proud nation [Germany]. History warns us that until this harsh division has been resolved, peace in Europe will never be secure. We must turn to one of the great unfinished tasks of our generationand that unfinished task is making Europe whole again.” HeartHas BeensWholeRunningTurnsNationsPeaceLinesViolenceProudEuropeTasksThreatSecureGermanyDivisionHarshRestlessUnnaturalUnfinished Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Creole women take after Europe in their intelligence, after the Tropics in the illogical violence of their passions, and after the Indies in the apathetic indolence with which they commit or suffer good and evil.” SufferingPassionEvilWomenViolenceEuropeCommitGood And EvilIllogicalIndolenceApatheticTropicsCreole Author:Honore de Balzac
“Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate.Not the compromising conciliatory politics of humaneness, not the Erasmian, but rather the politics of vested power which firmly exploits every opportunity, politics in the sense of the "Principe," has determined the development of European history ever since.” Has BeensRealityAbleCoursesOpportunityViewsPrinciplesHistoryViolenceDevelopmentEuropeDeterminedCompromiseExploitsGlorifyEuropean History Author:Stefan Zweig
“Gandhi was important for another reason as well: his country was suffering under the British Empire, and yet he was leading a very singular kind of resistance to it. At the time he was speaking about the violence in Europe, his followers were in jail as prisoners of the British government.” WellsKindImportantCountryReasonGovernmentSufferingViolenceEuropeBritishResistanceEmpiresJailPrisonerFollowersBritish EmpireBritish Government Author:Nicholson Baker
“Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims.” WellsCommonViolenceEuropeTerroristEducatedLegitimacyMisuseWell Educated Author:Mia Bloom
“Of course we in Europe also have epidemic, structural sexual violence. Violence is always the dark core of dominance. The men who are now coming to us from Islamic cultural circles are, of course, shaped by conditions there, which are still much more antiquated than here. That's a problem that we have ignored for far too long. In the name of a false tolerance, we have accepted that women are kept at home like prisoners and are forcibly married.” MenLongStillsProblemHomeCoursesNamesDarkViolenceConditionsHe ManMarriedEuropeAcceptedCoreToleranceCirclesIslamicPrisonerIgnoredEpidemicsDominance Author:Alice Schwarzer
“Whether the people in Haiti, the young kids in Chicago that [are] going through violence, or whether you're in Atlanta or L.A. or Europe - it's not even color barriers for me - I go to where I know there's a lot of turmoil and pain.” PeopleKnowsKidsPainYoungViolenceColorEuropeBarriersChicagoTurmoilHaitiAtlanta Author:Common
“In Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs - such as labour legislation, the opening of the professions to women, intolerance for domestic violence, but so much is still morally unacceptable - the weapons trade, cruel and unusual punishment, economic parasitism.” StillsAmericaMoralViolenceEconomicWeaponsEuropeTradeWesternProfessionPunishmentOpeningLabourUnusualRelativeIntoleranceLegislationDomestic ViolenceNorth AmericaWestern EuropeNadirCruel And Unusual Punishment Author:Catherine Wilson
“To the government, terrorism committed by people who are Muslim is not a reflection on the legitimate interpretation of Islam, even if Islamic supremacist ideology, which endorses jihad violence - Islam, standard, mainstream Islam endorses jihad violence, but our government doesn't want to admit that or deal with it. Here in America, as in Western Europe, this is the key to understand.” PeopleIfsWantGovernmentAmericaDealsViolenceKeysStandardsReflectionEuropeIslamWesternCommittedTerrorismIdeologyIslamicInterpretationMainstreamJihadWestern Europe Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The dream of Europe is a region of freedom and peace, of security, law, democracy, tolerance and mutual respect. If you look into the faces of the refugees you will see this dream. These are people who are fleeing from war, hate, violence and unjust systems.” PeopleIfsLooksWarDreamFacesLawHateDemocracyViolenceSecurityEuropeToleranceRegionsMutualUnjustRefugeeFleeingMutual RespectFreedom And Peace Author:Martin Schulz