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> [Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the brink and build up good will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/life-has-become-terribly-insecure-it-s-on-the-vortex-of-civil-war-it/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

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## More by Jon Lee Anderson

> [How is it possible to live in world where people can rule millions of others? It's incredible! It's like we've gone back to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/how-is-it-possible-to-live-in-world-where-people-can-rule-millions-of/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [You need to be hyper-aware because it's your survival at stake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/you-need-to-be-hyper-aware-because-it-s-your-survival-at-stake/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/i-think-in-a-sense-this-is-a-house-that-was-built-on-a-bad-foundation/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [“One day in May 1930, Celia took her twoyear- old son for a swim at the yacht club, but it was already the onset…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/one-day-in-may-1930-celia-took-her-twoyear-old-son-for-a-swim-at-the/)

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> [That's what's terrible about wars when whole societies adopt an impulse of objectification. Everything becomes black and white.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/that-s-what-s-terrible-about-wars-when-whole-societies-adopt-an/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [“with Ernestito riding on the front of his father’s saddle; and river excursions aboard the Kid, a wooden launch with a four-berth cabin that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/with-ernestito-riding-on-the-front-of-his-father-s-saddle-and-river/)

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> [We live in an extraordinary time, in which one still has the ability to mold opinion. Also, it's up for grabs. Perceptions are up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/we-live-in-an-extraordinary-time-in-which-one-still-has-the-ability/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [I think it's deeply important for us to know, especially when we come from the outside, how "ordinary people" think and feel and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/i-think-it-s-deeply-important-for-us-to-know-especially-when-we-come/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [Charles Darwin, who had witnessed the atrocities perpetrated against Argentina’s native Indians by Juan Manuel de Rosas, had predicted that “the country will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/charles-darwin-who-had-witnessed-the-atrocities-perpetrated-against/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [It is important to know how influential people think and perceive their countrymen, let's say, especially when you are talking about people in power.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/it-is-important-to-know-how-influential-people-think-and-perceive/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [Che is not just a potent figure of protest, but the idealistic, questioning kid who exists in every society and every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/che-is-not-just-a-potent-figure-of-protest-but-the-idealistic/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [I don't think we would have had to be an occupying power if we had done the right thing in 1991.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/i-don-t-think-we-would-have-had-to-be-an-occupying-power-if-we-had/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/life-has-become-terribly-insecure-it-s-on-the-vortex-of-civil-war-it/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [War is just what we do. Yet, of course, the effects of it are repeatedly deeper, then deeper, then deeper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/war-is-just-what-we-do-yet-of-course-the-effects-of-it-are-repeatedly/)

[Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/)

> [The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/the-mercy-caravans-are-through-there-the-medicine-refugees-flowing/)

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