“Prior to his takeover of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini was camping near Paris, giving daily news conferences to a fawning international press corps without a murmur of complaint to France from the United States about the disaster it was coddling in the incredibly naive liberal belief that this extremist cleric would be an improvement over the Shah.” GivingStatesWould BeBeliefUnitedUnited StatesNewsPressesInternationalImprovementDisasterFranceParisIranComplaintsNaiveConferencesExtremistCampingTakeoversDaily NewsKhomeini Author:Alexander Haig
“Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants to transfer the helm to the vice president, he will do so. As for now, I'm in control here, in the White House.” IfsWantShouldStatesOrderCoursesHousePresidentWhiteReturnVicesChecksGentlemanWhite HouseSecretaryTransfersVice PresidentHelmPending Author:Alexander Haig
“As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself.” LooksWarStatesAmericaCertainUnitedDealsUnited StatesSupportExampleColdCirclesPropagandaSovietCold WarIdeologicalClumsySoviet Propaganda Author:Alexander Haig
“Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran, Syria, they're all involved.” ThinkingStatesHappensInvolvedIraqDefinitionsTerroristDepartmentIranSyria Author:Alexander Haig