And that's why I wrote the book, because our country really needs to understand, if people in this nation understood what our foreign policy is really about, what foreign aid is about, how our corporations work, where our tax money… — 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
