John Pilger

The U.S. is a cosmetic democracy.

— John Pilger

Who are these evil ones? In 1984, the evil one was called Goldstein. Orwell was writing a grim parody. But these people…

— John Pilger

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

— John Pilger

It's very clear that the Bush Administration is out of control. It contains some truly dangerous people.

— John Pilger

It is time we recognized that the real terrorism is poverty.

— John Pilger

I'm absolutely convinced of that. Israel is the representative of the United States in that part of the world. Its policies are…

— John Pilger

More terrorists are given training and sanctuary in the United States than anywhere on earth. They include mass murderers, torturers, former and…

— John Pilger

“I love long regarded my country as a secret, as a land half-won, its story half-told. It was as if the past…

— John Pilger

If I were a teacher, I would recommend that all my students very hurriedly read most of Orwell's books, especially 1984 and…

— John Pilger

Many journalists become very defensive when you suggest to them that they are anything but impartial and objective. The problem with those…

— John Pilger

I love irony in pictures. There's one photograph from Vietnam by Philip Jones Griffiths that shows a very large GI having his…

— John Pilger

Not all the Americans in Iraq are those who torture and murder, or course they're not, I don't know how many are…

— John Pilger

There is no war on terrorism; it is the great game speeded up. The difference is the rampant nature of the superpower,…

— John Pilger

It's quite clear that Gore won most of the votes. I think the accurate description for them is a military plutocracy. Having…

— John Pilger

We have an extreme rightwing government in Britain, although it's called the Labour government. That's confused a lot of people, but it's…

— John Pilger

When the invasion began, the British public was called upon to 'support' troops sent illegally and undemocratically to kill people with whom…

— John Pilger

We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of…

— John Pilger

British establishment uses "the royal we," as in, "We think this." You hear a lot of that these days. It erroneously suggests…

— John Pilger

When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's…

— John Pilger

An elite group of less than a billion people now take more than 80 per cent of the world's wealth.

— John Pilger

Watch how the propaganda unfolds once the bombing is over and the Americans are running Baghdad and their spin machine. There will…

— John Pilger

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days. When you have someone like Cheney…

— John Pilger

Al journalism should be investigative, from football to cookery

— John Pilger

The attack on Iraq has been long planned. There just hasn't been an excuse for it. Since George H.W. Bush didn't unseat…

— John Pilger

Journalists don't sit down and think, "I'm now going to speak for the establishment." Of course not. But they internalize a whole…

— John Pilger