“Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.” PeopleNeedsWarEnemyInternalsDictatorshipStart Wars Author:Richard Perle
“To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.” PeopleKnowsDealsSituationPositionIraqInternalsSaddamHussein Author:Brent Scowcroft
“We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive.” PeopleMadeGovernmentRiskTaxesIndiaEntrepreneurCompetitionAttractiveInternalsRisk-takingTax System Author:Manmohan Singh
“Fiction just has a lot more room for ambivalence and internal conflict, contradiction, and for me that sums up so much of what people felt after 9/11 - confusion even. And I think that's hard to capture in journalism.” PeopleThinkingHardFeltRoomsFictionConflictConfusionJournalismContradictionInternalsCaptureAmbivalenceInternal Conflict Author:Amy Waldman