Facts are subversive. Subversive of the claims made by democratically elected leaders as well as dictators, by biographers and autobiographers, spies and heroes, torturers and post-modernists. Subversive of lies, half-truths, myths; of all those "easy speeches that comfort cruel men. — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats. — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
I'm a historian by training and by conviction. And so the thing that has throughout informed my thinking about international relations is history. I… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
America should do a reverse Columbus. The world no longer needs to discover America; but America urgently needs to discover the world's view of… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Ordinary Americans, and especially the small minority active in Democrat and Republican primaries, must learn more of what people across the globe are thinking… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African continent and mainly Muslim: an… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Well, that's the way democracy works. We have to build this Europe with the material we have at our disposal. And this material is… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Europe is a woman, now middle-aged, who has already had a number of heart attacks and is currently experiencing the biggest health crisis of… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The main problem with American power is not that it is American... No, the main problem with American power is the power itself. It… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
What is the elephant in all our rooms? It is the global triumph of capitalism. Democracy is fiercely disputed. Freedom is under threat even… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time. — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the most original… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
Every step that produces a single job for a currently unemployed European should be taken. Every centimetre of red tape that puts someone out… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
