Quote by Tony Judt

“Sweden’s position of neutrality during World War II put the country in the position of not defending its neighbors against German invasion. This was…

— Christina Johansson Robinowitz

If you had said to anyone in 1945, at the end of the Second World War with the continent it ruins, that you could…

— Timothy Garton Ash

I'm not very enthusiastic about smaller nations forming their own states, particularly those in the West, where they would, after gaining 'independence', remain in…

— Andre Vltchek

Germany and Austria have had positive experiences with strong states and a cooperative democracy. I am certain that this example could be helpful in…

— Gunther Oettinger

“Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world”

— Henry Kissinger

“Size and homogeneity are of course not transferable. There is no way for India or the USA to become Austria or Norway, and in…

— Tony Judt

“the democracies that arose after the First World War (and the Second) often collapsed when a single party seized power in some combination of…

— Timothy Snyder

“Moreover, a Republic trusting to her own forces, is with greater difficulty than one which relies on foreign arms brought to yield obedience to…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into…

— Jean Monnet

I was a National-Socialist and I remain one...The Germany of today is no longer a great nation, it has become a province of Europe.

— Joachim Peiper

Everyone from Silesians to Sicilians to Scots seems to want autonomy or independence. The British voted to leave the European Union, and hostility to…

— Max Boot

Europe should be a continent of nation states who are free trading, with our own identities, not a bunch of Eurocrats nobody voted for.

— Geert Wilders