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I am an optimist about America.

~Anthony Lewis

Topics: About Am America Optimist I Am

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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

Topics: Arbitrary Arbitrary Power Cannot Citizens Freedom Hard Hard Work Injustice Law Power Raise Rulers Trusted Up Voices Work

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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.

~Anthony Lewis

Topics: Failures Fault Humane Israel Land Lies Life Matter Negotiating Only Other Own Palestinians Past Path Political Security Way Where

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The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity.

~Anthony Lewis

Topics: Back Before Bringing Court Democracy Effect Germans Had Humanity International Leaders Long-Term Nuremberg Open Profound Trials

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

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Topics: Countries Desperation Fact Life Many Poor

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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

Topics: Attacking Charity Grace Hemisphere Intense Kindness Life Longer Matter Much Patronizing Self-Interest Southern

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

~Anthony Lewis

Topics: Aid Designers Ghastly Learned Make Mistakes Now Plans Programs Should Sophisticated

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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.

~Anthony Lewis

Topics: Aid Congress Conservative Diplomats Foreign Foreign Aid Foreign Policy Grips Hence Legislators Mistaken Notion Only Policy Support Unimportant

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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

Topics: Abroad After American Believe Economies Enemies Even Germany Humane Japan Our Passionately People Restoring Those War World World War World War Ii Wounded

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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.

~Anthony Lewis

Topics: Belief Believe Come Competition East Economy More More People Most People Planned Produce Prosperity Share Societies Than West Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: March 27th, 1927

Died: March 25th, 2013

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