Conrad Black quotes

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. (Conrad Black)
A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical. View quote
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It is galling to see such mendacious hypocrites as Kennedy and Biden at the Senate Judiciary Committee sitting in judgment on distinguished jurists. View quote
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Since biblical times, and probably before, the wealthy have been envied and condemned. View quote
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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption. View quote
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I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. View quote
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Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots. View quote
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The bedraggled warhorse of American blowhardism. View quote
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An overgenerous reinsurance policy for an underachieving people. View quote
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Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated – unfairly so, in my opinion. View quote
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes. (Conrad Black)
Economics is half psychology and half Grade Three arithmetic, and the U.S. does not now have either half right. View quote
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Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation. View quote
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Most American media outlets that are controlled by Jews seem to be reflexively, or at least habitually, anti-Israel. View quote
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The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors, bar, and bench join hands to ensure that legal invoices are paid, no matter how excessive. View quote
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The balance between faith and reason is for the determination of each individual, and of the people as a whole, not of unauthorized government officials uttering impious humbug as they arbitrarily try to define that balance. View quote
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Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. View quote
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Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history. View quote
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I don't have any shame. View quote
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The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone. View quote
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Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company. (Conrad Black)
The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated. View quote
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I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it. View quote
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I may have made a mistake in renouncing my Canadian citizenship, which I have never ceased to promise to try to regain. View quote
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I am a passport-carrying citizen of the E.U. View quote
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