#oslo

You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler. ↗

— Milos Forman

#england #france #happened #hitler #just

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#arm #broke #came #elbow #father

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#courage #czechoslovakia #democracy #europe #free

You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these cities. This is the result of Oslo. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#cities #closed #everything #forces #israeli

By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#czechoslovakia #had #i #market #principles

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#arafat #began #decade #disposal #fan

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#behind #central #enough #fight #given

But bread is different. I come from Czechoslovakia, where we eat lots of it, so it's hard to say no. I can't even have one piece, because when I start, I don't stop. ↗

— Daniela Pestova

#bread #come #czechoslovakia #different #eat

Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#argued #began #constrained #democratic #drunk

[Large countries'] patriotism is different: they are buoyed by their glory, their importance, their universal mission. The Czechs loved their country not because it was glorious but because it was unknown; not because it was big but because it was small and in constant danger. Their patriotism was an enormous compassion for their country. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#patriotism #love