“If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.” IfsMenStatesPoliticalDiesPoliticsPowerThousandFifty Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“We're now interested in finding those who may attack America and arrest them before they do. We've had over nearly a thousand people have been detained in America and questioned about their motives and their intentions.” PeopleMayHas BeensHumorAmericaPoliticalThousandFindingsIntentionMotivePolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“Between 1831 and 1891, US armed forces - usually the Marines - invaded Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Brazil, Haiti, Argentina, and Chile a total of thirty-one times, a fact not many of us are informed about in school. The Marines intermittently occupied Nicaragua form 1909 to 1933, Mexico from 1914 to 1919, and Panama from 1903 to 1914. To 'restore order' the Marines occupied Haiti from 1915 to 1934, killing over two thousand Haitians who resisted 'pacification.'” TwoFactsSchoolFormPoliticalOrderForceThousandKillingThirtyRepublicOne TimeMexicoMarineCubaBrazilHaitiArmed ForcesArgentinaColombiaChilePuerto RicoRicoNicaraguaPanamaDominican Republic Author:Michael Parenti