Backgrounds Quote by Noam Chomsky

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.

— Susan Rice

The United States is the only country left now, bar Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, that has this all-government system.

— John Mica

The United States does not carry baggage from a colonial past as do European countries.

— Robert C. O'Brien

I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this…

— Frank B. Kellogg

America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

— Oscar Wilde

One cannot discuss Europe without understanding US imperial hegemony, both globally and certainly in Europe as it stands.

— Tariq Ali

I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive.

— Bernard-Henri Levy

This old aristocracy and Church-ridden, and tradition-ridden country will never grow wiser. Whilst we are fighting for supremacy in Europe, the [United] States are…

— John Bright

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

— Townsend Harris

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.

— Mark Twain

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

— Richard Perle

The American continents, by the free and independent condition that they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for…

— John Quincy Adams