Top 23 Quotes by 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.

East and West, most societies have come to believe that competition will produce more prosperity for more people than a planned economy. I share that belief.

I'm a pro-capitalist, middle-of-the-road, tepid centrist.

Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.

The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.

We have learned by now, or should have, that the best-intended designers of aid programs can make ghastly mistakes in their sophisticated plans.

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

Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.

The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No matter where the fault for past negotiating failures lies, there is no other path.

Despite all the gains for democracy in the world, in many countries anyone who wants to publish truths unwelcome to the government risks suppression and criminal punishment.