Timothy Garton Ash

A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#bush #central #claim #cure #democracy

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#compromise #democratic #messy #politics #transitions

I love this country, but the union jack leaves me cold. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

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

— Timothy Garton Ash

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The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

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To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

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Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

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