“If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to reflect dispassionately on world events. And so a film challenging his legacy, a film that assesses charges that are quite grave against him, is something that is touchy for the media to show.” IfsWorldShowsAgeFilmChallengesWatchesMediaEventsNewsGravesEveningLegacyDrsStatesmenTouchyKissingerWorld Events Author:Eugene Jarecki
“If we went back to the imprisonment rate we had in the early '70s, something like four out of five people employed in the prison industry would lose their jobs. That's what you're up against.” PeopleIfsJobsLosesFiveFourIndustryPrisonRateEmployedImprisonment Author:Eugene Jarecki
“Elites are once again invoking Reagan, dropping their Gs and saying things in a folksy sort of way thats meant to capture the hearts of people. And its all fraud; its all stagecraft. And people are falling for a great deal of elite behavior in this country packaged as if its proletariat behavior.” PeopleIfsWayHeartCountryFallDealsBehaviorCaptureFraudElitesDroppingProletariatStagecraft Author:Eugene Jarecki
“Ron Reagan amazingly qualifies as an honest broker. I asked him if he was a mamas boy and he said no, more of a papas boy. At the same time he was willing to say that his father had many shortcomings and needed to be held accountable.” IfsSaidFatherBoysHonestWillingNeededMamaShortcomingsPapaBrokers Author:Eugene Jarecki