"Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II"

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Source : William Blum (2006). “Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower”, p.162, Zed Books

William Blum

#War Quotes #Military Quotes #World Quotes

“The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God, for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of all potent and omnipotent forces.”
“It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality.”
“[The government involvement in the economy] is so overwhelming and beyond anything we have ever seen, that we risk moving this country away from a government of the people to a government of the regulators.”
“There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation.”
“Property exists by grace of the law. It is not a fact, but a legal fiction.”
“The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask.”
“Someday, weâ€™ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe Iâ€™ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, thatâ€™s when Iâ€™ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you canâ€™t hook your boat to mine, because Iâ€™m liable to sink us both.”
“I would love to play a role that is a lead role that people appreciate and a lot of people get to see. I just don't want to have to fight for every role anymore.”

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