I Would Say I'm A 19th-century Liberal,

It's All Very Well For Us To Sit Here In The West With Our High Incomes And Cushy Lives, And Say It's Immoral To Violate The Sovereignty Of Another State. But If The Effect Of That Is To Bring People In That Country Economic And Political Freedom, To Raise Their Standard Of Living, To Increase Their Life Expectancy, Then Don't Rule It Out.

I Would Say I'm A 19th-century Liberal, Possibly Even An 18th-century One.

I Think That It Is Important To Be Gregarious, And That Friendships Are Not Just A Leisure Pursuit, That They Are An Integral Part Of What It Is To Be Human, And One Does Better Work If One Has A Circle Of Friends That Is Active.

In Stalin's Russia Racial Persecution Was Often Disguised As Class Warfare. More Than 1.5 Million Members Of Ethnic Minorities Died As A Result Of Forced Resettlement.

So Much Of Liberalism In Its Classical Sense Is Taken For Granted In The West Today And Even Disrespected. We Take Freedom For Granted, And Because Of This We Don't Understand How Incredibly Vulnerable It Is.