The sheer violence of it, the howl of air raid sirens and the air-cutting fall of the missiles carried its own political… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend something I haven't said. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence and then never produced it. Then Tony… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Wasn't Saddam destroyed? Wasn't Gaddafi liquidated? Didn't Milosevic go to the Hague? All true. But Stalin survived. Kim Jong-un isn't doing too badly, either… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can be got… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
How could believers, people who regard themselves as true Muslims, get on those planes, quoting the words of God delivered through the Prophet to… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought:… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence— our violence—which… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent journalists. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence of Osama bin Laden fault and then never produced… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
