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> [It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/it-is-not-empty-rhetoric-to-talk-of-the-free-world/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

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> [In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/in-a-free-world-there-is-alas-more-common-crime-than-in-a-dictatorial/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

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> [Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you. But liberty, you see, that precious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/our-society-is-not-perfect-and-this-will-come-as-no-surprise-to-many-2/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

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## More by Barbara Amiel

> [I have got up at truly deplorable hours in the morning to confront Vancouver's Jack Webster on television because I have been told that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/i-have-got-up-at-truly-deplorable-hours-in-the-morning-to-confront/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/when-virtue-is-at-liberty-so-to-some-extent-is-vice/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/the-same-liberty-that-protects-me-also-protects-members-of-the-mafia/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/of-course-the-barbarians-aim-of-world-domination-has-not-escaped-the/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/by-now-it-is-evident-that-the-soviet-union-must-gain-control-of/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several historians have said there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/among-those-people-lucky-enough-if-you-will-to-have-actually-been/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/since-europe-is-dependent-on-imports-of-energy-and-most-of-its-raw/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/there-are-of-course-all-sorts-of-other-unpleasant-regimes-outside-the/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/i-have-been-lucky-enough-to-have-had-the-opportunity-of-travelling/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/the-interests-of-the-soviet-union-are-in-controlling-highly-developed/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [If America was trying to keep the bubonic plague out of its hemisphere, Canadians would import it just to show their independence of American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/if-america-was-trying-to-keep-the-bubonic-plague-out-of-its/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [When faced with the inevitable fatigue that comes with the recycling of speeches and the recycling of thoughts in a rather small stream of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/when-faced-with-the-inevitable-fatigue-that-comes-with-the-recycling/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/dictatorships-do-cut-down-on-rape-and-pillage-not-to-mention-sexual/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/it-is-not-empty-rhetoric-to-talk-of-the-free-world/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

> [Indeed, we Jews were at the leading edge of communist totalitarianism, one of the most murderous movements of the 20th century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-amiel/indeed-we-jews-were-at-the-leading-edge-of-communist-totalitarianism/)

[Barbara Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-amiel/)

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