“The Family in particular, but also other really **** conservatives come to call what is "Biblical Capitalism." The idea that capitalism is ordained in the Bible and that inasmuch as we interfere with the market, we're interfering with God's literal and visible hand.” IdeasHandsParticularCapitalismVisibleBiblicalInterfereLiteral Author:Jeff Sharlet
“You can recruit the populace conservatism for the interests of corporate conservatism that the two things can be married into one unholy union.” TwoInterestMarriedUnionsCorporateTwo ThingsConservatismBeing MarriedRecruit Author:Jeff Sharlet
“The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom.” WarPoliticalStruggleCenturyColdBottomCold War20th CenturyPolitical Life Author:Jeff Sharlet
“What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.” WarEasyEnemyColdDefinedOrganizeCold War Author:Jeff Sharlet
“Liberals were just as engaged and using the rhetoric of a sort of a battle with the Soviets and with Communism in general, with an evil empire.” EvilBattleCommunismEngagedEmpiresRhetoric Author:Jeff Sharlet
“There are real radical Muslim groups out there that really are pretty villainous. You don't have to make them up.” RealGroupsRadical Author:Jeff Sharlet
“Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals.” KindGoalReligiousCenturyConservativePhenomenonFundamentalism20th CenturyFervor Author:Jeff Sharlet
“Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does.” DoeSpeakIdealsLiberalismRadicalism Author:Jeff Sharlet
“My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the noise of democracy. I like the sound of people in the streets making noise."” PeopleSaidSoundPresidentDemocracyStreetsForgottenMy FavoriteDebateNoiseAmerican HistoryRobust Author:Jeff Sharlet
“Whoever is holding the power says, "Yeah, let's keep things civil and quiet." Whoever's outside say's, "No, I'm not going to keep things civil and quiet, I'm going to bang on the door."” DoorsQuietYeahBangs Author:Jeff Sharlet