European may mean:
- A person of any of the Ethnic groups in Europe
- Relating to or characteristic of Europe or its inhabitants
- A citizen or attribute of or from the European Union
- See also: Citizenship of the European Union
Famous quotes containing the word european:
“Assassination is the perquisite of princes.”
—19th-century European court cliché.
“What is the first thing that savage tribes accept from Europeans nowadays? Brandy and Christianity, the European narcotics.—And what is it that most rapidly leads to their destruction?—The European narcotics.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)