Alternatives Quote by William Pfaff

Democracy suits Europeans today partly because it is associated with the triumph of capitalism and partly because it involves less commitment or intrusion into…

— Mark Mazower

Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

Europeans think Americans are fat, vulgar, greedy, stupid, ambitious and ignorant and so on. And they've taken as their own, as their representative American,…

— Christopher Hitchens

Europeans used to be proud to be the advanced form of democracy. Now they're definitely a little bit ashamed because we are seeing that…

— Miguel Gomes

There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Unfortunately, there is a tendency among political elites to distrust the opinions of ordinary people. They are perceived to base their views on dark…

— Geert Wilders

Europeans tend to feel more positively about their governments than do Americans, for whom the failures and unpopularity of their federal, state, and local…

— Angus Deaton

Our democracy has been around far longer than European democracy.

— Hillary Clinton

Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn…

— Timothy D. Snyder

We have now an American political party and a European one. Not all Americans who vote for the European party want to become Europeans.…

— Harvey Mansfield

Most Europeans like the American manner of living. They've been exposed to the U.S. through American television shows.

— Robert Wolders

Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go on like…

— Carl Andre