The conservatives want to revolutionize the world all at once. And that's a dangerous proposal. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
In general, Europeans need to get a wider perspective on the problem of Islamism. Even if the Israel-Palestine question were solved - and I… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
“There is a gentleness, a lightness, an element of freedom and, in a word, of civilization, that makes this country one of the few… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
I really like the United State, its relationship to space and time, its interest in mobility, its cosmopolitanism. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
Why should an intellectual have to renounce the pleasures of life? I am not a hermit. I am a man of flesh and blood.… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
The Left is my family. And it is threatened by terrible demons, like differentialism. "differentialist Left" are people who have learned nothing about tolerance.… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
I work even when I am on vacation. You know that line by Stéphane Mallarmé, "All earthly existence must ultimately be contained in a… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
America creates myths by focusing a lot of energy on its history and using it - - not always, but sometimes - for constructive… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
The terrorists exist, and I think we must speak to them, not to establish a dialogue-since for serious terrorists that is unfortunately out of… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
The conservatives want to revolutionize the world all at once. And that's a dangerous proposal. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
I reject the idea that there is some sort of existential "clash of civilizations." I am an interventionist, but not a militarist. War should… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
You can be horrified by the state of the prisons, the misery in certain neighborhoods of its cities, or their level of poverty. Anti-Americanism,… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
I am 60, and I am as much an internationalist as when I was younger, when I was a Marxist-Leninist. Internationalism is one of… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share
