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> [A big part of the story is American imperialism, and the flip side of that is the building up of the national security state here at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/a-big-part-of-the-story-is-american-imperialism-and-the-flip-side-of/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

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## Other authors on American imperialism

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-imperialism/noam-chomsky/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-imperialism/christopher-hitchens/)

## More by Peter Kuznick

> [History is a matter of interpretation, but you have to start with certain facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/history-is-a-matter-of-interpretation-but-you-have-to-start-with/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

> [We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/we-re-a-country-that-abhors-the-government-from-reagan-on-many-people/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

> [People think in narrow, constrained, constipated ways about the world. They can't imagine that the world could be different. Not like the dreamers who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/people-think-in-narrow-constrained-constipated-ways-about-the-world/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

> [China is doing a lot of things right that the United States is doing wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/china-is-doing-a-lot-of-things-right-that-the-united-states-is-doing/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

> [We have seen enough of war to know that it doesn't work to resolve conflicts. It only exacerbates them. It is time we find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/we-have-seen-enough-of-war-to-know-that-it-doesn-t-work-to-resolve/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

> [A big part of the story is American imperialism, and the flip side of that is the building up of the national security state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/a-big-part-of-the-story-is-american-imperialism-and-the-flip-side-of/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

> [ People \[in US\] are starting to rethink this idea of empire, this idea of the United States being this superpower, the hegemon, is not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/people-in-us-are-starting-to-rethink-this-idea-of-empire-this-idea-of/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

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