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title: "10 Europe Years Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [We are the envy of Europe and in a few years time we are going to be one of the top countries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-luis-rodriguez-zapatero/we-are-the-envy-of-europe-and-in-a-few-years-time-we-are-going-to-be/)

[Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-luis-rodriguez-zapatero/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/jose-luis-rodriguez-zapatero-1_country_we-are-the-envy-of-europe-and-in-a-few-y_930633.jpg)

> [Climate Change led to the Vikings dominating Europe for several hundred years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-griffith/climate-change-led-to-the-vikings-dominating-europe-for-several/)

[Morgan Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-griffith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/morgan-griffith-67105_change_climate-change-led-to-the-vikings-domina_2115697.png)

> [The future will belong to the Germans... ...when we build the House of Europe. In the next two years, we will make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-kohl/the-future-will-belong-to-the-germans-when-we-build-the-house-of/)

[Helmut Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-kohl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/helmut-kohl-13374_battle_the-future-will-belong-to-the-germans-wh_463695.jpg)

> [I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-began-to-travel-by-myself-in-europe-when-i-was-eight-years-old-at/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/indira-gandhi-1113_adults_i-began-to-travel-by-myself-in-europe-wh_2228275.jpg)

> [However, from the very beginning of the program, we made it perfectly clear that we would be out of Europe in four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/however-from-the-very-beginning-of-the-program-we-made-it-perfectly/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

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> [We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-yeltsin/we-all-have-an-equal-interest-in-stability-and-security-throughout/)

[Boris Yeltsin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-yeltsin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/boris-yeltsin-14066_cybersecurity_we-all-have-an-equal-interest-in-stabili_707211.jpg)

> [My dad was born in 1930 in Lithuania, located in Eastern Europe. He was 9 years old when the war started, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-lubetzky/my-dad-was-born-in-1930-in-lithuania-located-in-eastern-europe-he-was/)

[Daniel Lubetzky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-lubetzky/)

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> [I hadn't won in Europe for two years, although I won twice in America last year, but it's great to come back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/padraig-harrington/i-hadn-t-won-in-europe-for-two-years-although-i-won-twice-in-america/)

[Padraig Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/padraig-harrington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/padraig-harrington-48264_america_i-hadn-t-won-in-europe-for-two-years-alt_1020018.jpg)

> [“The Intelligence Services of East and West have given Europe over fifty years of peace - the longest the Continent has ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-wolf/the-intelligence-services-of-east-and-west-have-given-europe-over/)

[Markus Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-wolf/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/markus-wolf-36109_cold-war_the-intelligence-services-of-east-and-we_160004.jpg)

> [War and culture, those are the two poles of Europe, her heaven and hell, her glory and shame, and they cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/war-and-culture-those-are-the-two-poles-of-europe-her-heaven-and-hell/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/milan-kundera-120_broken_war-and-culture-those-are-the-two-poles_3147845.jpg)

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