“Wanna go study about incestuous royal families and bloody murders?' she asked him. 'Or do you wanna study European history instead?” — Robin Benway Copy Share Image
You can't understand European history at all other than through religion, or English literature either if you can't recognise biblical allusions. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
In the darkest days of European history, America stood close by us and today we stand close by America. Nothing will ever… — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
“There is of course a deep spiritual need which the pilgrimage seems to satisfy, particularly for those hardy enough to tackle the… — Edwin Mullins Copy Share Image
It's important to remember and celebrate our roots, and mine are very deeply rooted in a more romantic time of European history. — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
Whoever thinks war allows for lasting victories should take a look at European history books and learn their lesson. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
I was reading a lot of European history, and I thought Attila the Hun had gotten a bad rap. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
The conflict with Islam has, after all, existed throughout European history. — Walter Kasper Copy Share Image
“The European history of the twentieth century shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary men… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
The euro pleases dispirited people for whom European history is not Chartres and Shakespeare but the Holocaust and the Somme. The euro… — George Will Copy Share Image
There were various different keys in which European history had tended to be written. One is the lyrical key, the idea that… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed… — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
Can a geology teacher blithely tell his students that the earth is flat, or a European history professor that the Holocaust didn't… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
We have seen and do see the type of evil that is within human civilization, and the Holocaust took place in European… — Laszlo Nemes Copy Share Image
Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate.Not the… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“Then, in an unusual moment, she grew emotional, which left little doubt about the level of profound respect and admiration Merkel had… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image
“Rosewater was twice as smart as Billy, but he and Billy were dealing with similar crises in similar ways. They had both… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image
It [the scientific revolution] outshines everything since the rise of Christianity and reduces the Renaissance and Reformation to the rank of mere… — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
“There are dozens of documented cases of Roma or Irish Travelers being falsely accused of stealing children over the twentieth century, and… — Adam Rutherford Copy Share Image
The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English,… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
“History can familiarize, and it can warn. In the late nineteenth century, just as in the late twentieth century, the expansion of… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“We have adopted European costume, European ways of living, even the European vices of drinking and gambling, but none of their virtues.… — T. Lothrop Stoddard Copy Share Image
“Hettites appeal to us not alone because of the influence they once exercised on the fortunes of the Chosen People, not alone… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“ Hey,Alex." I composed the words in my head. " I have your book..." D'oh.I would be standing there, holding his book.… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“In the sixteenth century the unity of western European Christendom had been shattered by the rise of Protestantism in its various strands… — Jerry Z. Muller Copy Share Image
“Cribbage!” I declared, pulling out the board, a deck of cards, and pen and paper, “Ben and I are going to teach… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
“The temporary alliance between the elite and the mob rested largely on this genuine delight with which the former watched the latter… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, honestly believed that he could reason with Adolf Hitler in good faith. Now,… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
“Pope Alexander VI issued a Papal bull authorizing the Treaty of Tordesillas on June 7, 1494. The treaty gave everything located beyond… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied… — Becki Newton Copy Share Image
Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go… — Carl Andre Copy Share Image
More than forty years of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in an unhappy and artificial division of Europe. It… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen Copy Share Image
Scandinavia is boring. People living there apparently have little to do. And as European history teaches, when there is nothing much to… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
“Every person comes with a place. It can be a house, a park, a building. When you meet someone, you are unknowingly… — Chloe Rattray Copy Share Image
I see myself as, first and above all, a teacher of history; next, a writer of European history; next, a commentator on… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
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