Mark Eyskens cytaty

Mark Eyskens – belgijski i flamandzki polityk, ekonomista i nauczyciel akademicki, parlamentarzysta i minister, w 1981 premier Belgii. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. Kwiecień 1933
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Mark Eyskens: Cytaty po angielsku

“Europe is an economic giant, a political dwarf, and a military worm.”

As quoted by Craig R. Whitney in WAR IN THE GULF: EUROPE; Gulf Fighting Shatters Europeans' Fragile Unity, The New York Times, January 25th, 1991. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/25/world/war-in-the-gulf-europe-gulf-fighting-shatters-europeans-fragile-unity.html?pagewanted=1
This phrase was pronounced in January 1991, a few days before the beginning of Desert Storm, while Eyskens was the Foreign Minister of Belgium.

“Governments of developing countries sometimes proposed projects that did not directly benefit the population, but did benefit the government; the so-called 'white elephants.'”

For example, they wanted to build highways and build large buildings, while we thought it was better to focus on good education.
Development cooperation not only helps others, but also ourselves http://www.wereldmissiehulp.be/eyskens/

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