Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers.
Richard PerleWe may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight of the difference between dissent and subversion.
Richard PerleBut if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.
Richard PerleLaw-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused.
Richard PerleThe programme of the British Labour Party under Neil Kinnock is so wildly irresponsible, so separate and apart from the historic NATO strategy, that I think a Labour government that stood by its present policies - and I rather doubt that they would - would, if it didn't destroy the Alliance, at least diminish its effective ability to do the task for which it was created.
Richard Perle