"So there is no single European people. There is no single all-embracing community of culture and tradition among, say, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Berlin and Belgrade. In fact, there are at least four communities: the Northern Protestant, the Latin Catholic, the Greek Orthodox, and the Muslim Ottoman. There is no single language - there are more than twenty. There are no real European political parties . And most significantly of all: unlike the United States, Europe still does not have a common story."

"...One nice thing about Florida, it makes Pennsylvania look unspoiled."

"There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem."

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"The free trade agreement that we will have to do with the European Union should be one of the easiest in hu…"

"It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver."