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, by which I mean a hatred for America as such-its transformation into a metaphysical category, which… — 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 think and hope that one day soon it will be - this wouldn't stop one person from becoming a terrorist. — 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 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. Or justice. People who, hiding behind a backward sense of tolerance and justice, explain to us that we must accept all the actions of all civilizations, including the stoning of adulterous wives or the mutilation of… — 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 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
