Civil war Quote by Edward S. Greenberg

“In Washington...the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it. In fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality”

— Henry Kissinger

“We have two Governments in Washington: one run by the elected people—which is a minor part—and one run by the moneyed interests, which control…

— Studs Terkel

“War is a convenient fix for government problems if it happens somewhere else. To other people.”

— Sherwood Smith

“We the people are the United States of America. Not the military, not Washington, DC, not the president, not the Congress. They all work…

— Mike Foster

“a nation is totally geared to the waging of war, it had better ensure that war keeps occurring somewhere; and”

— James A. Michener

Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything - it…

— Antonin Scalia

“The war has proved moreover that our free Government, like other free governments, though slow in its early movements, acquires in its progress a…

— James Madison

“We all agree that those in Washington aren’t serving the will of either side. Let’s set aside our differences for the moment, agree that…

— Joseph Befumo

“And why do we think for a second that having the government involved will make things better”

— Adam Carolla

Washington's impulsive use of power is a danger to America and to the world.

— Paul Craig Roberts

“Those years [as the war progressed] would show, in the American system, how when a question of the use of force arose in government,…

— David Halberstam

“The National Endowment for Democracy, an agency created by the Reagan administration in 1983 to promote political action and psychological warfare against states not…

— William Blum