24 Quotes by Bernard-Henri Lévy

I reject the idea that there is some sort of existential “clash of civilizations.” I am an interventionist, but not a militarist. War should always be a last resort.

Europe has certainly lost confidence in itself. This was something that, when I was a young man, we never imagined would happen.

I definitely don’t agree with that sort of rhetoric from the United States – this idea that all the major conflicts of our age need to be solved militarily.

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

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

The only successful revolution of this century is totalitarianism.

The totalitarian state is not a force unleashed, the truth is in chains.

In general, Europeans need to get a wider perspective on the problem of Islamism. Even if the Israel-Palestine question were solved – and I think and hope that one day soon it will be – this wouldn’t stop one person from becoming a terrorist.

Even if it doesn’t sound like it at first, that’s an identity that Europe can go out into the world with and take a leading role.