Civilization Quote by Bernard-Henri Levy

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

“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

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

I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive.

— Bernard-Henri Levy

I really like the United State, its relationship to space and time, its interest in mobility, its cosmopolitanism.

— Bernard-Henri Levy

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

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

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

America creates myths by focusing a lot of energy on its history and using it - - not always, but sometimes - for constructive…

— Bernard-Henri Levy

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

Islamic terrorists are new examples of an old problem with fascism.

— Bernard-Henri Levy

The conservatives want to revolutionize the world all at once. And that's a dangerous proposal.

— Bernard-Henri Levy