America was probably Europe's equal scientifically by the end of World War I and certainly surpassed it after the chaos of World War II.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Well, in 1947... in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful.
In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe.
America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.
Americans are not intrinsically imperial, but we ended up dominant by default: Europe disappeared after the Second World War, the Soviet Union disappeared in 1991, so here we are.
If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.
Americans think that they have a history, but it's nothing compared to Europe.
Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.
America is the first great experiment in Protestant social formation. Protestantism in Europe always assumed and depended on the cultural habits that had been created by Catholic Christianity.
Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.