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Political scientist

Richard Perle is an American political scientist born on September 16, 1941. He has had a significant influence in the fields of American foreign policy and national security, serving as the chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee.

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Famous Richard Perle Quotes

“George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go.”

Should Has Beens Enough Culture Changed Directors Agency

Author:Richard Perle

“But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.”

People Ifs Way Should States United United States Protect Rejects Jurisdiction Legality

Book:An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

Source: An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

“When you gaze into souls, it's something you should update periodically, because souls can change.”

Should Soul Updates

Author:Richard Perle

“Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused.”

Should Two Law Values Citizens Terrorist Confused Privacy Abiding Invisibility Law Abiding Citizen Invisibility Cloak

Author:Richard Perle

“No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an unmanned airplane.”

Should Wells Done Computer Tasks Should Have Soldier Airplane Commanders Aeroplanes Sensors

Book:An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

Source: An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

“We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.”

Should Government Force Europe Paris

Book:An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

Source: An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

“Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians.”

Men Should Ideas War Cold Intellectual Unions Irony Historian Soviet Cold War Soviet Union Battlefields Commentators

Author:Richard Perle

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Born: September 16, 1941
Known for: Political scientist
Quotes: 31

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