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> [The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended consequences of policies that were kept secret from the American people. What the daily press reports…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/the-term-blowback-which-officials-of-the-central-intelligent-agency/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

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## More by Chalmers Johnson

> [A nation can be one or the other, a democracy or an imperialist, but it can't be both. If it sticks to imperialism, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/a-nation-can-be-one-or-the-other-a-democracy-or-an-imperialist-but-it/)

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> [When war becomes the most profitable course of action, we can certainly expect more of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/when-war-becomes-the-most-profitable-course-of-action-we-can/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/the-term-blowback-which-officials-of-the-central-intelligent-agency/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [Although most Americans may be largely ignorant of what was, and still is, being done in their names, all are likely to pay a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/although-most-americans-may-be-largely-ignorant-of-what-was-and-still/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [None of the people's wars of the sixties did very well, including the one in Vietnam. Vo Nguyen Giap himself has admitted a loss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/none-of-the-people-s-wars-of-the-sixties-did-very-well-including-the/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [The demise of the American empire will be no more regretted than the demise of the Soviet empire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/the-demise-of-the-american-empire-will-be-no-more-regretted-than-the/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [History teaches us that the capacity of things to get worse is limitless. Roman history suggests that the short, happy life of the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/history-teaches-us-that-the-capacity-of-things-to-get-worse-is/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/as-a-form-of-government-imperialism-does-not-seek-or-require-the/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [The 'defense' budget is three quarters of a trillion dollars. Profits went up last year well over 25%. I guarantee you: when war becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/the-defense-budget-is-three-quarters-of-a-trillion-dollars-profits/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [Lastly, there is bankruptcy, as the United States pours its economic resources into ever more grandiose military projects and shortchanges the education, health, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/lastly-there-is-bankruptcy-as-the-united-states-pours-its-economic/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [Blowback is simply another way of saying that a nation reaps what it sows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/blowback-is-simply-another-way-of-saying-that-a-nation-reaps-what-it/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [History teaches us that the capacity for things to get worse is limitless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/history-teaches-us-that-the-capacity-for-things-to-get-worse-is/)

[Chalmers Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chalmers-johnson/)

> [Imperial politics represents the conquest of domestic politics and the latter's conversion into a crucial element of inverted totalitarianism. It makes no sense to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chalmers-johnson/imperial-politics-represents-the-conquest-of-domestic-politics-and/)

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