Not only is the West so successful economically, but it leads the world scientifically, and culturally.

I think forgiveness plays a very important part in Western society and it comes from the Judeo Christian heritage.

I wish more people would belabor the obvious, and more often.

Each time you admire the façade of the New York Public Library, you are paying homage to Western civilization.

The origins of the modern West are often seen in the Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, but the roots of the Enlightenment can be found in habits of mind cultivated in Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem, and the institutions that grew from them.

I maintain that Western popular culture at its best is worthy of respect and should be cherished as much as the operas of Wagner.

By working and living in New York, you are breathing Western civilization, continuously reminded of its benefits and its values.