Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he has next to nothing for investigation and effectively works for starvation wages. — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
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. — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns. — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Despite all the gains for democracy in the world, in many countries anyone who wants to publish truths unwelcome to the government risks suppression… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
We have learned by now, or should have, that the best-intended designers of aid programs can make ghastly mistakes in their sophisticated plans. — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No matter where the fault… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
