politics Quotes

When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had at last won the Crusades and driven the pagans out of the Holy Land.

The respected intellectuals are those who conform and serve power interests.

Governments don't control people like they used to.

Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous.

The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of the worst outcomes. It's also the only privatized system.

Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.

Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.

If the United States loses the economic weapons of control, it is very much weakened.

Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial Kurdish issue.

Remember, weapons of mass destruction don't mean missiles.