Quotes by Conrad Black

About Conrad Black:

Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour is a Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher and author. He is a non-affiliated life peer, and a convicted felon in the United States for fraud. Black controlled Hollinger International, once the world's third-largest English-language newspaper empire, which published The Daily Telegraph (UK), Chicago Sun Times (U.S.), The Jerusalem Post (Israel), National Post (Canada), and hundreds of community newspapers in North America, before he was fired by the board of Hollinger in 2004.
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All my life, Americans have been accustomed to thinking of theirs as 'the richest, freest' country in the world. By most measurements, it was long a contender for that honor, and - among the larger countries, if equal weight were given to wealth and ...

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For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world.

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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.

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Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history.

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Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history.

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Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation.

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There is no doubt that the second President Bush inherited a very serious terrorist threat, though not such a threat as had been represented by the totalitarian Great Powers, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

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I'm not a xenophobe - I think immigration is a good thing for most countries - but they transmute the foibles of their native tongues into English in a way that's difficult to figure out.

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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 g...

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There is a legitimate concern about wealth distribution in the United States, but the answer is not to scapegoat any individual who makes over $200,000 per year and to try to sell the fraud that the government can equitably take the money of those wh...

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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 of...

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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.

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From the early Seventies to the mid-Eighties, I approached Rome at a snail's pace. Having concluded that God existed, I could not seriously entertain the thought of not trying to be in contact with Him.

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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.

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Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company.

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I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it.

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I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to.

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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.

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I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameConrad Black
  • DescriptionCanadian-born newspaper publisher
  • AliasesConrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour
  • BornAugust 25, 1944
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionPolitician; Historian; Publisher
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of Canada