"We must be aware of the superiority of our civilization, a system that has guaranteed well-being, respect for human rights and — in contrast with Islamic countries — respect for religious and political rights, a system that has as its value understanding of diversity and tolerance … The West will continue to conquer peoples, even if it means a confrontation with another civilization, Islam, firmly entrenched where it was 1,400 years ago."
React to this quote
More by Silvio Berlusconi
See allResonant Thoughts
"These creatures are among us, although morphologically they do not differ from us; we must not posit a difference of essence, but a difference of behavior. In my science fiction I write about about th…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"In a society like ours, where every man may transmute his private thought into history and destiny by dropp…"
— James Russell Lowell"You are better than your god. You are better than your religion. So am I, so is damn near everybody on the …"
— Matt Dillahunty"Whoever is not in the possession of leisure can hardly be said to possess independence. They talk of the di…"
— Herman Melville"In the same society in which the processes of production and distribution will go on far out at the circumf…"
— Ernst Bloch"ere are three sentences for you to paste in your hat and learn by heart. First: Credit is the life blood of…"
— Upton Sinclair"Efficiency advantages and disadvantages are more finely balanced than with health care - one person's 'sign…"
— Nicholas Barr
Related Thinkers
Related Topics
Deep Dives
- Adolf Hitler on Human Nature
- George W. Bush on Human Nature
- Abraham Lincoln on Human Nature
- Jair Bolsonaro on Human Nature
- Donald Trump on Human Nature
- Hillary Clinton on Human Nature
- Henry Adams on Human Nature
- Benjamin Franklin on Human Nature
- Adolf Hitler on time
- Adolf Hitler on life
- knowledge & Beauty
- knowledge & Change