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Balance World

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.

- Timothy Garton Ash

Quote of the Day

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

- W. H. Auden

Other quotes by Timothy Garton Ash

Attitude

Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans.

- Timothy Garton Ash

Weakness

I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime.

- Timothy Garton Ash

Time

Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.

- Timothy Garton Ash

Violence Past

One thing, however, I know with certainty: violence, or the direct threat of violence, of the kind we have seen in the past few days, is totally unjustified as a response to any published word or image.

- Timothy Garton Ash

Being

After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.

- Timothy Garton Ash

Balance World

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.

- Timothy Garton Ash

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