Anthony Lewis Quotes & Sayings
23 most famous Anthony Lewis quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a British journalist who passed away on March 25, 2013.
“With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.”
“The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity.”
“Americans, we passionately believe, are a humane people. We showed that in restoring wounded economies abroad after World War II, even those of our enemies, Germany and Japan.”
“Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice.”
“There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.”
“We have learned by now, or should have, that the best-intended designers of aid programs can make ghastly mistakes in their sophisticated plans.”
“We Americans have a sense of ourselves as a moral people. We have led the way in the fight for human rights in the world. Mistreating prisoners makes the world see our moral claims as hypocrisy.”
“Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.”
“The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No matter where the fault for past negotiating failures lies, there is no other path.”
“The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.”
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