No matter how many toys we amass we leave them behind when we die, just as we leave a broken environment, an economy that only benefits the richest, and a legacy of empowering greed over goodness. It is now time… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
I was initially recruited while I was in business school back in the late sixties by the National Security Agency, the nation's largest and… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people. — John Perkins Copy Share Image
But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at 9/11 is… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
The Treasury Department would use the interest from these securities to hire U.S. companies to build Saudi Arabia - new cities, new infrastructure -… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
“How, I asked myself, do you convince men and women who live comfortably to change a system that provides their comforts--even when they know… — john perkins Copy Share Image
“The first question we must address deals with optimism, the possibility of achieving our goal. Are we in a position where we can actually… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
None of the quick fixes to the world's problems are going to work, unless we change the dream of greed and scarcity that the… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
“Stop being so greedy," she said, "and so selfish. Realize that there is more to the world than your big houses and fancy stores.… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
Had Roosevelt been caught, we would have been in a lot of trouble. It would have been very embarrassing. — John Perkins Copy Share Image
“The income ratio of the one-fifth of the world's population in the wealthiest countries to the one-fifth in the poorest went from 30 to… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
These were big ones. Those companies would then go in and build an electrical system or ports or highways, and these would basically serve… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
