701 Quotes About Europe






  • Author Peter Frankopan
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    [About Europe] its rise, however, brought terrible suffering in newly discovered locations. There was a price for the magnificent cathedrals, the glorious art and the rising standards of living that blossomed from the sixteenth century onwards. It was paid by populations living across the oceans.

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  • Author Peter Frankopan
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    The great irony, was that although Europe experienced a glorious golden age, producing flourishing art and literature and leaps of scientific endeavour, it was forged by violence.

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  • Author Peter Frankopan
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    After plans had been drawn up by British intelligence to sabotage ships bringing {Jewish] refugees to Palestine - and pin blame on an apparently powerful but non-existent Arab organization - the British took more direct action... It was clear that Britain would stop at nothing to maintain its interests abroad- and think nothing of others in the process.

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