I speak at various events, including student societies, several times a week. — Douglas Murray Events Copy Share Image
“having to sort of pretend – collectively – that it is in fact true.” — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“We do not live our lives and experience our existence as solved beings.” — Douglas Murray Existence Copy Share Image
There are nutters across every political and religious spectrum; it goes without saying. — Douglas Murray Political Copy Share Image
“By 2015 more British Muslims were fighting for Isis than for the British armed forces.” — Douglas Murray Armed forces Copy Share Image
“growth solely accounted for by immigration – led to the usual strains” — Douglas Murray Growth Copy Share Image
You can't get much more egregiously wrong and wicked than the views expressed by al-Muhajiroun. — Douglas Murray Israel Copy Share Image
In Israel, you see strong borders as the best way to ensure peace, while in Europe, people see it as a cause… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
A good cause need not be tarnished by its most fanatical expressions. But it is rarely helped by them. — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
Londoners say, 'We're so proud of our diversity and tolerance,' but what if that diversity ends up making us intolerant? — Douglas Murray Diversity Copy Share Image
“To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time is to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness.” — Douglas Murray Popular culture Copy Share Image
“But under President Obama, as much as under his predecessor, the continuing call to celebrate Islam rather than any other religion –… — Douglas Murray Islam Copy Share Image
Immigration is the major issue everywhere, and even the countries where it isn't the number one issue, it ends up becoming one. — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
Audiences I speak to are often openly hostile, and I know my arguments might fall on deaf ears with 99% of the audience. — Douglas Murray Audience Copy Share Image
Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation. — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“The further Fascism receded into history and the fewer visible fascists there were on display, the more self-proclaimed anti-fascists needed fascism to… — Douglas Murray Fascism Copy Share Image
“A country that believes it has never done any wrong is a country that could do wrong at any time. But a… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them.… — Douglas Murray Animal Copy Share Image
ISIS may seem un-Islamic to President Obama, but to anybody who has read Islam's core texts, it might appear to be a… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
Rather than being a 'perversion' of Islam, it is truer to say that the version of Islam espoused by ISIS, while undoubtedly… — Douglas Murray Being Copy Share Image
“Their priority has been not to clamp down on the thing to which the public are objecting but, rather, to the objecting… — Douglas Murray Politics Copy Share Image
A fanatic commits to an ideal to whatever end. A fanatic throws everything aside to pursue their idea. Take something which it… — Douglas Murray Basic human rights Copy Share Image
“[They] may have for instance taken the view of Edmund Burke, who in the 18th century made the central conservative insight; that… — Douglas Murray Civilization Copy Share Image
“In such a view of society, however greatly you might wish to benefit from an endless supply of cheap labour, a wider… — Douglas Murray Next generation Copy Share Image
“If the burden of working for little reward in an isolating society stripped of any overriding purpose can be recognised to have… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“The same uneven application of values applies in the weird worlds of academia and the think tanks. Like the media, they choose… — Douglas Murray Islam Copy Share Image
“For present-day politicians there are only political points to be made from such statements, and the larger the sin the larger the… — Douglas Murray Death Copy Share Image
“They are an American Delegation who are doing a tour of the region to apologize for the crusades', said Arafat. Then he,… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“Early in her public career a friend had asked Hirsi Ali, ‘Don’t you realise how small this country is, and how explosive… — Douglas Murray Friendship Copy Share Image
“however greatly you might wish to benefit from an endless supply of cheap labour, a wider range of cuisine or the salving… — Douglas Murray Next generation Copy Share Image
“On 11 September 2012 crowds of friendly locals in Kabul, Afghanistan, were chanting the usual ‘Death to America’ slogans. At the same… — Douglas Murray Death Copy Share Image
“The media suffer from an internalised as well as institutionalised Islamophilia. They could never broadcast, or print, during Ramadan, Eid or any… — Douglas Murray Islam Copy Share Image
“And so all the time the European brain has held onto two contradictory things. The first is the dominant established narrative of… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“Islamophilia’. And it has gripped the Western world. It could be defined as the expression of disproportionate adoration of Islam. I don’t… — Douglas Murray Israel Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, although modern European guilt is currently described as though it is a terminal condition, there is no certainty that it will… — Douglas Murray Guilt Copy Share Image
“When it comes to anti-fascism in most of Western Europe, there would appear for now to be a supply-and-demand problem: the demand… — Douglas Murray Fascism Copy Share Image
“To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time is to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness. Was the sum… — Douglas Murray Popular culture Copy Share Image
“The claim that Islam is a religion of peace is a nicety invented by Western politicians so as either not to offend… — Douglas Murray Islam Copy Share Image
“Sad to say, this Islamophilia problem does not occur only at the low-ranking level of Director of the CIA. But at least… — Douglas Murray Army Copy Share Image
![“[They] may have for instance taken the view of Edmund Burke, who in the 18th century made the central conservative insight; that a culture and a society are not things run for the convenience of the people who happen to be here right now, but is a deep pact between the dead, the living, and those…” quote by Douglas Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/douglas-murray-12950_civilization_they-may-have-for-instance-taken-the-vie_1240371.jpg)
