Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-03-05 Mar 5, 2007I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-soaked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own -- and if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the "haves" refuse to share with the "have-nots" by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans.~ General David M. ShoupVietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.~ General William WestmorelandLandholders ought to have a share in the government to support these invaluable interests and check the other many. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.~ James MadisonThe people who own the country ought to govern it.~ John Jay Mar 2, 2007I don't know a more irreligious attitude, one more utterly bankrupt of any human content, than one which permits children to be destroyed.~ Daniel BerriganThis present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long. We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.~ David RockefellerWhen you get into politics, you find that all your worst nightmares about it turn out to be true, and the people who are attracted to large concentrations of power are precisely the ones who should be kept as far away from it as possible.~ Ken Livingstone Mar 1, 2007Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.~ Charles DarwinCensorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is the landmark of an authoritarian regime...~ Justice Potter StewartThe weapon of the dictator is not so much propaganda as censorship.~ Terence H. Qualter Feb 28, 2007There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side that they are exceeding the limits of toleration in the conventional area.~ Alexander HaigThe limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.~ Dean AchesonWe [the U.S.] must account sufficiently for the interests of the advanced industrial nations to discourage them from challenging our leadership or seeking to overturn the established political and economic order . . . we must maintain the mechanisms for deterring potential competitors from even aspiring to a larger regional or global role. ~ U.S. Department of Defense Planning Guide for 1994-1999 Feb 27, 2007The revulsion against war ... will be an almost insuperable obstacle for us to overcome. For that reason, I am convinced that we must begin now to set the machinery in motion for a permanent wartime economy.~ Charles E. WilsonAmerican strategic [nuclear] forces do not exist solely for the purpose of deterring a Soviet nuclear threat or attack against the U.S. itself. Instead, they are intended to support U.S. foreign policy.~ Colin GrayThe principal beneficiary of America's foreign assistance programs has always been the United States.~ US Agency for International Development Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print