Dictatorship Quote by Bernard Lewis

“Different groups in the [Middle East] drew two lessons from [return of the shah in Iran] - one, that Americans were willing to use…

— Bernard Lewis

The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the nuclear weapons…

— Bernard Lewis

You see in the Muslim traditions, it's very clear: maintaining law and consultation, not being arbitrary and oppressive. Consultation. And also in the Muslim…

— Bernard Lewis

To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic an event…

— Bernard Lewis

I know it is said repeatedly that I was in support of the American invasion in Iraq. It is simply not true. I was…

— Bernard Lewis

Certainly Tunisia was the first in Muslim world. It's been like that for a long time and women play an important part in Tunisia.…

— Bernard Lewis

In the West nowadays, it's very common to talk about the Judeo- Christian tradition. It's a common term. The term is relatively modern but…

— Bernard Lewis

When we talk about the Judeo-Christian or the Judeo-Muslim tradition, it's important to remember that we are speaking of a Jewish component of civilization,…

— Bernard Lewis

In opposing we always talk about freedom in the Western world, Muslims always talk about justice. Very often we mean the same thing. But…

— Bernard Lewis

You see in Turkey, they had a remarkable success story in building up a democracy. I was in Istanbul for most of the year…

— Bernard Lewis

The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western world make…

— Bernard Lewis

In the Christian world, as you remember, Christianity is in the 21st century, Islam is in the 15th century. I don't mean to say…

— Bernard Lewis