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“The definition of terrorism is killing civilians with the intent of changing their political affiliation.”

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Caleb Carr is an American novelist known for his historical thrillers. His works often combine historical background with suspense elements, with his most famous series being the 'The Alienist' series. more

“How Bush and his junta succeeded in deflecting America's anger from bin Laden to Saddam Hussein is one of the great public relations conjuring tricks of history. But they swung it. A recent poll tells us that one in two Americans now believe Saddam was responsible for the attack on the World Trade Centre.”

World Believe Two America Politics Relation Responsible Trade Tricks Centre Saddam Hussein Polls Bin Laden Public Relations World Trade Conjuring Deflecting

Author:John le Carre

“On abortion: We are talking about ambiguous issues of a complicated kind where you have to balance conflicting interests and concerns.”

Kind Politics Interest Talking Issues Balance Concern Complicated Abortion Ambiguous

Author:Noam Chomsky

“I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It recognizes that the public will not support the actual policies. Therefore it is important to prevent any knowledge or understanding of them.”

Thinking Way Important Reason Politics Understanding Support Policy Deception Reason Why Propaganda

Book:The Chomsky Reader

Source: The Chomsky Reader

“If we move toward the weaponisation of space, we can bid farewell to the planet. The chances of survival are very slight.”

Ifs Moving Politics Chance Space Planets Survival Farewell

Author:Noam Chomsky

“When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn't be surprised when somebody responds in kind.”

Kind Children Country Order Politics Other Countries

Author:Ward Churchill

“The Aryan stock is bound to triumph.”

Politics Bounds Triumph

Author:Winston Churchill

“We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation.”

Wells House Politics Cutting Tree Filled Destroyed Broke Village Burned Towers Crops Devastation Reservoirs Shady Filled Up

Book:My Early Life: 1874-1904

Source: My Early Life: 1874-1904

“All nations that have nuclear weapons think that they are responsible and it is the other guys who are irresponsible.”

Thinking Guy Politics Nations Weapons Responsible Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Irresponsible Other Guys

Author:Joseph Cirincione

“Aping urbanity, Oozing with vanity, Plump as a manatee, Faking humanity, Intellectual inanity, Journalistic calamity, Fox Noise insanity, You're a profanity, Hannity.”

Humanity Politics Intellectual Noise Vanity Insanity Foxes Calamity Profanity Journalistic

Author:John Cleese

“Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them wherever they are.”

Should Politics Right Now Missions Als Afghanistan Pakistan Al Qaeda Taliban

Author:Max Cleland

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