European Quotes (page 17)
![Dominique de Villepin quote: "China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I..."](/pic/154244/600x316/quotation-dominique-de-villepin-china-protects-the-chinese-america.jpg)
![Evangelos Venizelos quote: "Without Greece, it is not possible to preserve the integrity..."](/pic/150788/600x316/quotation-evangelos-venizelos-without-greece-it-is-not-possible-to.jpg)
![Armstrong Williams quote: "With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted..."](/pic/149708/600x316/quotation-armstrong-williams-with-the-rise-of-america-the-global-balance.jpg)
![Francis Parkman quote: "America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had..."](/pic/149616/600x316/quotation-francis-parkman-america-when-it-became-known-to-europeans.jpg)
Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.
Doug Wilder