France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‚third force,‘ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.

Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.

The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education is free. France, education is free.

Paris is always a good idea.

The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny.

In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world.

When you are nominated for the best player in Europe, the Ballon d’Or, playing in the Champions League, there is so much pressure. You don’t know what will happen. This pressure is inside you – you always have it.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

To understand Europe, you have to be a genius – or French.

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France… settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against the revolted Bactrians; but if we pass Tanais and make the Scythians feel, by dear experience, that we are invincible, not in Asia only, it is not to be doubted but that Europe itself, as well as Asia, will come within the bounds of our conquests.

Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.

France and Germany have the manufacturing and skill base which is useful to us. France is our dependable strategic partner.

We travel often to Asia, Africa, Europe, where they were born.

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

London is a roost for every bird.

I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas… cultures… and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word ‚freedom‘ means than I see much evidence of in America.

Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.

Every time I come to Europe, I’m just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.

Are we simply waving farewell to the days when some of the most interesting thinking in Europe and America came to us from our fiction film-makers? BBC2, which once introduced and showed great films, now shows none.

I believe that there are many herbs and many trees that are worth much in Europe for dyes and for medicines; but I do not know, and this causes me great sorrow. Arriving at this cape, I found the smell of the trees and flowers so delicious that it seemed the pleasantest thing in the world.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

Foreigners don’t want to invest any more in France – and this is not working.

I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: ‚This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.‘ Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

I’ve been away since I was pretty much eight, traveling to the car tracks, and then going to Europe and traveling more.

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision.

There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.

In Paris, you’re as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.

A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.

I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia.

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient – ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that.

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

I was born in Europe… and I’ve traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.

The United States supports a strong, united Ukraine with productive and peaceful relationships with both the East and the West, with both Russia and Europe.

I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair.

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don’t have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks.

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

Unlike many of its European neighbors, Britain shares many of America’s financial traits.