Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by L. Fletcher Prouty

Quote by L. Fletcher Prouty

“The Kennedy assassination has demonstrated that most of the major events of world significance are masterfully planned and orchestrated by an elite coterie of enormously powerful people who are not of one nation, one ethnic grouping, or one over-ridingly important business group. They are a power unto themselves for whom those others work. Neither is this power elite of recent origin. Its roots go deep into the past.”

Quote by L. Fletcher Prouty

Author

L. Fletcher Prouty
L. Fletcher Prouty

L. Fletcher Prouty was a significant figure in the American intelligence community during the Cold War. He held senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Council (NSC), and had a profound impact on international politics and intelligence activities during that period. Details of his life and contributions are limited. more

You May Also Like

“Conversations...begin with the sort of imaginative engagement you get when you read a novel or watch a movie or attend to a work of art that speaks from some place other than your own. So I'm using the word 'conversation' not only for literal talk but also as a metaphor for engagement with the experience and ideas of others. And I stress the role of the imagination here because the encounters, properly conducted, are valuable in themselves. Conversation doesn't have to lead to consensus about anything, especially not values; it's enough that it helps people get used to one another.”