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> [Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for mercy on the grounds that he's an orphan. The Bush administration's updated version of that was starting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/do-you-remember-the-classic-example-of-chutzpah-it-s-the-young-man/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

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## More by William Blum

> [The Soviet Union and something called communism per se had not been the object of Washington's global attacks. There had never been an International…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-soviet-union-and-something-called-communism-per-se-had-not-been/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [Terror is the poor man's war, war is the rich man's terror. Ultimately, all wars will end either in annihilation or at the negotiating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/terror-is-the-poor-man-s-war-war-is-the-rich-man-s-terror-ultimately/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/america-s-state-religion-is-patriotism-a-phenomenon-which-has/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-trickle-down-theory-the-principle-that-the-poor-who-must-subsist/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/a-terrorist-is-someone-who-has-a-bomb-but-doesn-t-have-an-air-force/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [From 1945 to 2003, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/from-1945-to-2003-the-united-states-attempted-to-overthrow-more-than/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists-whatever else they might be-might also be rational human beings ; which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/what-our-leaders-and-pundits-never-let-slip-is-that-the-terrorists/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for mercy on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/do-you-remember-the-classic-example-of-chutzpah-it-s-the-young-man/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/if-love-is-blind-patriotism-has-lost-all-five-senses/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/propaganda-is-to-a-democracy-what-violence-is-to-a-dictatorship/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the more effective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-de-facto-censorship-which-leaves-so-many-americans-functionally/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [“The Empire would love to rip Ukraine from Moscow’s bosom, evict the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and establish a US military and/or NATO presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-empire-would-love-to-rip-ukraine-from-moscow-s-bosom-evict-the/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/why-don-t-church-leaders-forbid-catholics-from-joining-the-military/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [The leaders of the empire, the imperial mafia-George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Cheney, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, et al.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-leaders-of-the-empire-the-imperial-mafia-george-w-bush-donald/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [“to the American power elite one of the longest lasting and most essential foreign policy goals has been preventing the rise of any society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/to-the-american-power-elite-one-of-the-longest-lasting-and-most/)

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