John Pilger

If development was measured not by gross national product, but a society's success in meeting the basic needs of its people, Vietnam…

— John Pilger

Iraq has been successfully demonized as if everybody who lives there is Saddam Hussein. In the build-up to this attack on Iraq,…

— John Pilger

There isn't a war on terror, there is a war of terror.

— John Pilger

Rupert Murdoch gave up his Australian citizenship in order to buy television stations in the United States, which is symptomatic of the…

— John Pilger

The British Labour Party has always had a very strong "Atlanticist component," with an obsequiousness to American policies, and Blair represents this…

— John Pilger

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is…

— John Pilger

The major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity,…

— John Pilger

Many journalists now are no more than channelers and echoers of what Orwell called the official truth. They simply cipher and transmit…

— John Pilger

Whenever a journalist says to me, "Oh, you don't understand, I'm impartial, I'm objective," I know what he's saying. I can decode…

— John Pilger

Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that…

— John Pilger

The Palestinians don't have oil. If they were the Saudis, they wouldn't be in the position they are now. But they have…

— John Pilger

If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children fry to death from…

— John Pilger

Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment…

— John Pilger

Israel is the representative of the United States in the Middle East. Its policies are so integrated with American policies that they…

— John Pilger

The British Labour Party has always had a very strong "Atlanticist component," with an obsequiousness to American policies, and Blair represents this…

— John Pilger

It's only when journalists understand the role they play in this propaganda, it's only when they realize they can't be both independent,…

— John Pilger

The people who died in the Twin Towers in that terrible crime mattered. The people who were bombed to death in dusty…

— John Pilger