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> [The conservatives want to revolutionize the world all at once. And that's a dangerous proposal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/the-conservatives-want-to-revolutionize-the-world-all-at-once-and/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

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## More by Bernard-Henri Levy

> [In general, Europeans need to get a wider perspective on the problem of Islamism. Even if the Israel-Palestine question were solved - and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/in-general-europeans-need-to-get-a-wider-perspective-on-the-problem/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [“There is a gentleness, a lightness, an element of freedom and, in a word, of civilization, that makes this country one of the few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/there-is-a-gentleness-a-lightness-an-element-of-freedom-and-in-a-word/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/for-me-dressing-is-always-a-question-of-principle-respect-a-sense-of/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/i-would-hope-that-europe-always-has-a-privileged-relationship-with/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [I really like the United State, its relationship to space and time, its interest in mobility, its cosmopolitanism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/i-really-like-the-united-state-its-relationship-to-space-and-time-its/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [Why should an intellectual have to renounce the pleasures of life? I am not a hermit. I am a man of flesh and blood.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/why-should-an-intellectual-have-to-renounce-the-pleasures-of-life-i/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [The Left is my family. And it is threatened by terrible demons, like differentialism. "differentialist Left" are people who have learned nothing about tolerance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/the-left-is-my-family-and-it-is-threatened-by-terrible-demons-like/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [I work even when I am on vacation. You know that line by Stéphane Mallarmé, "All earthly existence must ultimately be contained in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/i-work-even-when-i-am-on-vacation-you-know-that-line-by-st-phane/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [America creates myths by focusing a lot of energy on its history and using it - - not always, but sometimes - for constructive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/america-creates-myths-by-focusing-a-lot-of-energy-on-its-history-and/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/the-terrorists-exist-and-i-think-we-must-speak-to-them-not-to/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [Islamic terrorists are new examples of an old problem with fascism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/islamic-terrorists-are-new-examples-of-an-old-problem-with-fascism/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [The conservatives want to revolutionize the world all at once. And that's a dangerous proposal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/the-conservatives-want-to-revolutionize-the-world-all-at-once-and/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [I reject the idea that there is some sort of existential "clash of civilizations." I am an interventionist, but not a militarist. War should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/i-reject-the-idea-that-there-is-some-sort-of-existential-clash-of/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/you-can-be-horrified-by-the-state-of-the-prisons-the-misery-in/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-henri-levy/i-am-60-and-i-am-as-much-an-internationalist-as-when-i-was-younger/)

[Bernard-Henri Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-henri-levy/)

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