Author: Anthony Lewis

Quotes

Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.

Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.

- Anthony Lewis

With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.

With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.

- Anthony Lewis

Americans, we passionately believe, are a humane people. We showed that in restoring wounded economies abroad after World War II, even those of our enemies, Germany and Japan.

Americans, we passionately believe, are a humane people. We showed that in restoring wounded economies abroad after World War II, even those of our enemies, Germany and Japan.

- Anthony Lewis

There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.

There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.

- Anthony Lewis

Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns.

Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns.

- Anthony Lewis

Faith in reason was the foundation stone of the United States.

Faith in reason was the foundation stone of the United States.

- Anthony Lewis

Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It is a matter of intense self-interest.

Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It is a matter of intense self-interest.

- Anthony Lewis

Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice.

Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice.

- Anthony Lewis

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