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… — William Blum Copy Share Image
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… — William Blum Copy Share Image
America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape. — William Blum Copy Share Image
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… — William Blum Copy Share Image
A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force. — William Blum Copy Share Image
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… — William Blum Copy Share Image
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… — William Blum Copy Share Image
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… — William Blum Copy Share Image
The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the more effective… — William Blum Copy Share Image
“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… — William Blum Copy Share Image
Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics? — William Blum Copy Share Image
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.… — William Blum Copy Share Image
“to the American power elite one of the longest lasting and most essential foreign policy goals has been preventing the rise of any society… — William Blum Copy Share Image
