MANCHESTER SQUARE
January/February 2012
'It is true that certain faiths, ideologies and cultures make submission the supreme virtue, while the civilisation that emerged from Athens, Rome and Jerusalem has cherished liberty in all its forms'
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December 2011
'It is profoundly irresponsible for priests, rabbis or imams to make excuses for breaking the law'
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November 2011
'The Arab Spring must not be allowed to degenerate into one huge pogrom from Tripoli to Tehran'
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October 2011

Western civilisation has hitherto depended for its survival on two great families of nations: the Europeans and the North Americans. Today,
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Manchester Square
Manchester Square is Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson's monthly editorial, named after Standpoint's London location.
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