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title: "8 Blowback Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Blowback quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Blowback sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Most of the time, if you treat people right, you don't have to be afraid of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-kelly/most-of-the-time-if-you-treat-people-right-you-don-t-have-to-be/)

[Kathy Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-kelly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/kathy-kelly-252548_afraid_most-of-the-time-if-you-treat-people-rig_67402.jpg)

> [The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/chalmers-johnson-35363_agency_the-term-blowback-which-officials-of-the_299935.jpg)

> [“When your ideas shatter established thought, expect blowback.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-fargo/when-your-ideas-shatter-established-thought-expect-blowback/)

[Tim Fargo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-fargo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/tim-fargo-9813_blowback_when-your-ideas-shatter-established-thou_360346.jpg)

> [“As often as not, he surprised himself. “What did I say?” he would ask after getting severe blowback.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/as-often-as-not-he-surprised-himself-what-did-i-say-he-would-ask/)

[Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/michael-wolff-423_quote_as-often-as-not-he-surprised-himself-wha_988137.jpg)

> [“If everyone loves you, maybe you don't need so many tanks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-nelson/if-everyone-loves-you-maybe-you-don-t-need-so-many-tanks/)

[Craig Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-nelson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/craig-nelson-79974_blowback_if-everyone-loves-you-maybe-you-don-t-ne_1272589.jpg)

> [“Islamic killers are over here because we are over there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-j-buchanan/islamic-killers-are-over-here-because-we-are-over-there/)

[Patrick J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-j-buchanan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/patrick-j-buchanan-71633_blowback_islamic-killers-are-over-here-because-we_1484297.jpg)

> [“The biggest blowback is when ur mind strikes with "But" and "If".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deyth-banger/the-biggest-blowback-is-when-ur-mind-strikes-with-but-and-if/)

[Deyth Banger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deyth-banger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/deyth-banger-871_biggest_the-biggest-blowback-is-when-ur-mind-str_2233993.jpg)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/chalmers-johnson-35363_another-way_blowback-is-simply-another-way-of-saying_2852588.png)

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