Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you. But liberty, you see, that precious child of our liberal democracy only two hundred years old, has one notable side effect. When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice. In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.
Indeed, we Jews were at the leading edge of communist totalitarianism, one of the most murderous movements of the 20th century. - Barbara Amiel
Indeed, we Jews were at the leading edge of communist totalitarianism, one of the most murderous movements of the 20th century.
- Barbara Amiel
Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear we… - Barbara Amiel
Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear we…
All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty. - Barbara Amiel
All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty.
The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia. - Barbara Amiel
The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you. But liberty, you see, that precious child of our liberal democracy only … - Barbara Amiel
Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you. But liberty, you see, that precious child of our liberal democracy only …
In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system. - Barbara Amiel
In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.
The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion… - Barbara Amiel
The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion…
Power is sexy, not simply in its own right, but because it inspires self-confidence in its owner and a shiver of subservience on the part of those wh… - Barbara Amiel
Power is sexy, not simply in its own right, but because it inspires self-confidence in its owner and a shiver of subservience on the part of those wh…
There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that… - Barbara Amiel
There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that…
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