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> [The United States has given frequent and enthusiastic support to the overthrow of democracy in favor of "investor friendly" regimes. The World Bank, IMF, and private banks have consistently lavished huge sums on terror regimes, following their displacement of democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/the-united-states-has-given-frequent-and-enthusiastic-support-to-the/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

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## More by Edward S. Herman

> [ The establishment can't admit \[that\] it is human rights violations that make ... countries attractive to business - so history has to be fudged,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/the-establishment-can-t-admit-that-it-is-human-rights-violations-that/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [There is ...a huge tacit conspiracy between the U.S. government, its agencies and its multinational corporations, on the one hand, and local business and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/there-is-a-huge-tacit-conspiracy-between-the-u-s-government-its/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [The United States is not only number one in military power but also in the effectiveness of its propaganda system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/the-united-states-is-not-only-number-one-in-military-power-but-also/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [The United States has given frequent and enthusiastic support to the overthrow of democracy in favor of "investor friendly" regimes. The World Bank, IMF,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/the-united-states-has-given-frequent-and-enthusiastic-support-to-the/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [Economists have provided capitalists with a comforting concept called the "free market." It does not describe any part of reality, at any place or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/economists-have-provided-capitalists-with-a-comforting-concept-called/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens, the U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/if-we-assume-that-the-purpose-of-the-economy-is-to-serve-and-improve/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [The U.S. public is depoliticised, poorly informed on foreign affairs... and strongly patriotic in the face of a struggle with another Hitler. Even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/the-u-s-public-is-depoliticised-poorly-informed-on-foreign-affairs/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [There is a system of terroristic states-the real terror network-that has spread throughout Latin America and elsewhere over the past several decades, and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/there-is-a-system-of-terroristic-states-the-real-terror-network-that/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [The propaganda system allows the U.S. Ieadership to commit crimes without limit and with no suggestion of misbehavior or criminality; in fact, major war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/the-propaganda-system-allows-the-u-s-ieadership-to-commit-crimes/)

[Edward S. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-s-herman/)

> [The immiseration of the majority is an integral part of the Free World package for the Third World, the unsavory aspects of the package…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-s-herman/the-immiseration-of-the-majority-is-an-integral-part-of-the-free/)

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