If you trace the history of Islamist terrorism, you see that its founders were great admirers of European fascism. They read the texts of European fascism, they quoted them in speeches and letters. This is not from the Koran -… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
Europe needs to develop a sense of collective history - we need to write books from a European perspective, to teach it in schools as well. — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
I really like the United State, its relationship to space and time, its interest in mobility, its cosmopolitanism. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Islamic terrorists are new examples of an old problem with fascism. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
The conservatives want to revolutionize the world all at once. And that's a dangerous proposal. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
