“Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days. When you have someone like Cheney who talks about "endless war" or war that might last fifty years, he could be Big Brother. You have Bush incessantly going on about the evil ones.” WritingYearsLooksWarBigsRealityMightLastsEvilBrotherTestsEndlessThese DaysFiftySatiricalIncessantlyEndless War Author:John Pilger
“British establishment uses "the royal we," as in, "We think this." You hear a lot of that these days. It erroneously suggests that those who are making the decisions to bomb countries, to devastate economies, to take part in acts of international piracy involve all of us.” ThinkingCountryUseDecisionEconomyInternationalBritishThese DaysBombsEstablishmentRoyalPiracy Author:John Pilger
“Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates. Yes, there are fundamentalists, Christian fundamentalists, who appear to be in charge of the White House at the moment, but they are very different from the Christian gentlemen who ran the British Empire and believed they were doing good works around the world. These days it's about naked power.” WorldBelieveDifferentMomentsChristianHouseWhiteCenturyDon't BelieveMissionsBritishNakedAround The WorldThese DaysRanGentlemanClassicEmpiresWhite HouseGood WorkDoing GoodPublic ServicePirateNineteenth CenturyBritish Empire Author:John Pilger
“Bill Clinton persuaded some people that he was really a civilized character and his Administration had the best interests of humanity at heart. These days we don't have to put up with that nonsense. It's very clear that the George W. Bush Administration is out of control. It contains some truly dangerous people.” PeopleHeartCharacterHumanityInterestClearDangerousBillsClintonAdministrationThese DaysNonsenseCivilized Author:John Pilger
“Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.” WritingLooksRealityTestsThese DaysSatirical Author:John Pilger
“Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates.” BelieveCenturyDon't BelieveMissionsThese DaysClassicPublic ServicePirateNineteenth Century Author:John Pilger
