Tim Marshall
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May 01, 1959
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“Sometimes you will hear leaders say, “I’m the only person who can hold this nation together.” If that’s true then that leader has truly failed to build their nation.’ That”
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
“There are fifty American states, but they add up to one nation in a way the twenty-eight sovereign states of the European Union never can. Most of the EU states have a national identity far stronger, more defined, than any American state. It is easy to find a French person who is French first, European second, or one who pays little allegiance to the idea of Europe, but an American identifies with their Union in a way few Europeans do theirs. This is explained by the geography, and the history of the unification of the United States.”
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
“What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other.”
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
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