Europe

   The lamps are going out all over Europe.We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

—Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount

Business carried on as usual during alterations on the map of Europe.

—Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer

A fleet of British ships of war are the best negotiators in Europe.

—Nelson, Horatio,Viscount Nelson

Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.

—Tennyson

Es ist die letzte territoriale Forderung, die ich Europa zu stellen habe, aber es ist die Forderung, von der ich nicht abgehe, und die ich, so Gott will, erfu«  llen werde. It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is the claim from which I will not recede and which,God-willing, I will make good.

—Hitler, Adolf

Wearepart ofthe communityof Europe, and wemust do our dutyas such.

—Gladstone,W(illiam) E(wart)

The courts of Europe are a jungle, compared to which your jungles here are a well-kept garden.

—Bolt, Robert Oxton

This barbarous feeling of nationality†has become the curse of Europe.

—Senghor, Le¤  opold Se¤  dar

   In the nightmare of the dark All the dogs of Europe bark, And the living nations wait, Each sequestered in its hate.

—Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

Are we to be the Don Quixotes of Europeöto go about fighting foreverycausewhere we find that someonehas been wronged?

—Cobden, Richard

England still stands outside Europe. Europe's voiceless tremors do not reach her. Europe is apart, and England is not of her flesh and body.

—Keynes (of Tilton),John Maynard, 1st Baron

Mientras en Norteame¤  rica la colonizacio¤  n deposito¤   los ge¤  rmenes de un esp|¤ritu y una econom|¤a que se plasmaban entonces en Europa y a los cuales pertenec|¤a el porvenir, a la Ame¤  rica espan‹  ola trajo los efectos y los me¤  todos de un esp|¤ritu y una econom|¤a que declinaban ya y a los cuales no pertenec|¤a sino el pasado. Whereas in North America colonization planted the seeds of the spirit and economy then growing in Europe

—Maria¤ t egui,Jose¤   Carlos

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold.

—Metternich, Prince Clemens Lothar Wenzel

   It is a great war for the emancipation of Europe from the thralldom of a military caste which has thrown its shadows upon two generations of men, and is now plunging theworld intoawelterof bloodshedand death.

—Lloyd George (of Dwyfor), David, 1st Earl

   In1914, Europe had arrived at a point at which every country except Germany was afraid of the present, and Germany was afraid of the future.

—Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount

Early in life,Duveen†noticed that Europe had plenty of art and America had plenty of money, and his entire astonishing career was the product of that simple observation.

—Behrman, S(amuel) N(athaniel)

Purity of race does not exist. Europe is a continent of energetic mongrels.

—Fisher, H(erbert) A(lbert) L(aurens)

Whatever maydivideus,Europe is ourcommonhome. A common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.

—Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich

The West has not lived through totalitarianism, with a single ideology for 70 years.We are escaping from the burden of the past, and onlyafter we have done that will we be ready to integrate with Europeöand Europe needs Russia.

—Yeltsin, Boris

We have been too comfortable and too indulgentömany, perhaps, too selfishöand the stern hand of fatehasscoured ustoan elevationwhere we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation; the great peaks we had forgotten, of honour, duty, patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.We shall descend into the valleys again, but as long as men and women of thisgeneration last, they will carry in their hearts the image of those great mountain peaks, whose foundations are not shaken, though Europe rock and sway in the convulsions of a great war.

—Lloyd George (of Dwyfor), David, 1st Earl

: 'Tis for the honour of England that all Europe should know that we have blockheads of all ages. : I wonder there is not an Act of Parliament to save the credit of the nation, and prohibit the exportation of fools.

—Congreve,William

My native country was full of youthful promise; Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age.

—Irving,Washington

If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.

—of)

Had every Christian in Hitler's Europe followed the example of the king of Denmark and decided to put on the yellow star, there would be today neither despair in the church nor talk of the death of God.

—Fackenheim, Emil L

Furnished as all Europe is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experimentation, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence.

—Frank, Anne

The age of chivalry isgone.öThat of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.

—Burke, Edmund

†the Metropolis of Great-Britain, founded before the City of Rome, walled by Constantine the Great, no ways inferior to the greatest in Europe for Riches and Greatness.

—Bailey, Nathan   d.1742

Snow has begun to fall on the guilty secrets of Europe.

—Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham

   The eyes ofall England are onthis Parliament.If youdoin good earnest wish to see England hold the balance of Europe and to be indeed at the head of the Protestant interest, it will appear by your right improving the present opportunity.

—William III also called  William of Orange

At its birth, the republic gave voice to three wordsöLiberty,Equality,Fraternity! If Europeiswiseand just, each of those words signifies Peace.

—Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de

Je regrette l'Europe aux anciens parapets! I long for Europe of the ancient parapets! "

—Rimbaud, (Jean Nicolas) Arthur

In America everything goes and nothing matters, while in Europe nothing goes and everything matters.

—Roth, Philip Milton

Of these two literatures [French and German], as of the intellect of Europe in general, the main effort, for now many years, has beena critical effort; the endeavours, in all branches of knowledgeötheology, philosophy, history, art, scienceötoseethe object as initself it really is.

—Arnold, Matthew

   If the Austrian Empire did not exist, it would have to be created in the interest of Europe and of humanity.

—Palacky¤ ,  Frantis›  ek

   Slavery broke the world in half, it broke it in every way. It broke Europe.It madethem intosomething else, it made themslave masters, it madethem crazy.You can't dothat for hundreds of years and it not take a toll. They had to dehumanize, not just the slaves but themselves.

—Morrison,Toni Chloe Anthony ne¤  e Wofford

He seemed at ease and to have the look of the last gentleman in Europe.

—Leverson, Ada

TheTimes is, we suppose, entitled to the character it gives of itself, of being the'leading journal of Europe', and is perhaps the greatest engine of temporary opinion in the world.

—Hazlitt,William

My map of Africa liesin Europe.Here lies Russia and here lies France, and we are in the middle. That is my map of Africa.

—of)

   We shall never sheath the sword which we have not lightly drawn until Belgium recovers in full measure all and more than all that she has sacrificed, until France is adequatelyassured against the menace of aggression, until the rights of the smaller nationalities of Europe are placed upon an unassailable foundation and until the military domination of Prussia is wholly and finally destroyed.

—Asquith

Securitycan only be obtained bya scheme by whichthe nations of Europe and outside agree together that all will guarantee each, and each will guarantee all. The purposes ofthewar will be attained ifthereisa League of Nations with an absolute and decisive veto upon any mere aggression, and consideration of any legitimate claims that any of the countries engaged in the war may be able to make good.

—Lees-Smith, Hastings Bernard

The Knight in the triumph of his heart made several 6 reflections on thegreatness of the British Nation; as, that one Englishman could beat three Frenchmen; that we could never be in danger of Popery so long as we took care of our fleet; that theThames was thenoblest river in Europe; that London Bridge was a greater piece of work than any of the Seven Wonders of the World; with many other honest prejudices which naturally cleave to the heart of a true Englishman.

—Addison,Joseph

There is no nation on the continent of Europe that is less able to do harm to England, and there isno nation on the continent of Europe to whom we are less able to do harm, than Russia.We are so separate that it seems impossible that the two nations, by the use of reason or common sense at all, could possibly be brought into conflict with each other.

—Bright,John

All the wars that are now afoot in Europe have been fused together, and have become a single war.

—Gustavus II (Adolphus)

Wearepart ofthe communityof Europe, and wemust do our dutyas such.

—of Salisbury

We are part of the community of Europe and we must do our dutyas such.

—Marquis of

I know that Ihavethe bodyof a weak and feeble woman, but I havetheheart and stomach of a kingöand a king of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm.

—Elizabeth I

America is God's Crucible, the great Melting Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming† God is making the American.

—Zangwill, Israel

This regard for the liberties of Europe, this care at one time for the protestant interest, this excessive love for the balance of power, is neither more nor less than a gigantic system of outdoor relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain.

—Bright,John

We must free ourselves from thinking in terms of nation states.The countries of westernEuropeareno longer ina position to protect themselves individually. Not one of them is any longer in a position to salvage Europe's culture.

—Adenauer, Konrad

England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example. 653

—Pitt,William known as  theYounger

Madam, there are fifty thousand men slain this year in Europe, and not one an Englishman.

—Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford

   A spectre is haunting Europeöthe spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holyalliance to exorcise this spectre; Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police spies.

—Marx, Karl Heinrich

These somewhat troublesome days when the great Mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe.

—Foster, Sir George

  Iherebycommissionyouto carryout all thepreparations withregardto†atotal solutionoftheJewishquestion, in those territories of Europe that are under German influence.

—Goering, HermannWilhelm

Thisgoing into Europe will not turn out to be the thrilling mutual exchange supposed. It is more like nine middle- aged couples with failing marriages meeting in a darkened bedroom in a Brusselshotel fora group grope.

—Thompson, E P

What helps it now, that Byron bore, With haughty scorn which mocked the smart, Through Europe to the Aetolian shore The pageant of his bleeding heart? That thousands counted every groan, And Europe made his woe her own?

—Arnold, Matthew

: Say, is it too early for a drink? : What's early about it? It's tomorrow in Europe and yesterday in China.

—Gordon, Ruth

Wer in Europa die Brandfackel des Krieges erhebt, kann nur das Chaos wu« n schen. Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.

—Hitler, Adolf

He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men who say yes, lie; and all men who say no,öwhy, theyare in the happy condition of judicious, unencumbered travellers in Europe; they crossthe frontiers into Eternity with nothing but a carpet bag.

—Melville, Herman

He meant to gather for America an undreamed-of collection of art so great and complete that a trip to Europe would be superfluous.

—Saarinen, Aline Bernstein ne¤  e Loucheim

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilitiesitentailsisfighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

—James, Henry