Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians. — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
I think there is a potential civic culture in Arab countries that can lead to democratic institutions and I think Iraq is probably the best place to put that proposition to the test Well, you're going to find a disproportionate… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go. — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people. — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight of the difference between dissent and subversion. — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance, the reconstruction of their own country. And I have no… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it entirely, and we don't try to piece together clever… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
I think we have an administration today that is dysfunctional. And if it can't get itself together to organize a serious program for finding… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe. — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
