Quote by Hodding Carter III Download Open image ““Covert action is by definition outside the ambit of democracy.”” — Hodding Carter III ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The Secret Teachings on Covert Activity: Even after you infiltrate someone's house, if you cannot know clearly what is going on inside, you should… — Antony Cummins Copy Share Image
“For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence -- on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.” — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“The requirements for covert operations weren't for the faint-hearted or overly modest, let me tell you.” — R.L. LaFevers Copy Share Image
“We're living in a perverted and twisted smokescreen of democracy that's nothing short of dictatorship, where the unelected actually rule. And behind it lurks… — Sibel Hodge Copy Share Image
“Remember, democracy is directing a theatre of unwilling participants, not leading an army of loyal followers.” — James Maxwell Copy Share Image
Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“It is not necessary to conceal anything from a public insensible to contradiction and narcoticized by technological diversions” — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
Every responsible chief in the CIA knows that the more covert the action, the greater the need for a clear policy and a defined… — Tyler Drumheller Copy Share Image
My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval;… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
My position on democracy is really clear. Any attempt to overthrow the country is a betrayal to our unity and is treason. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Virtually all the trends that matter are making a mockery of the industry's ritual incantations about the values and virtues of a free press… — Hodding Carter III Copy Share Image
The truth is not that the problem is the newsroom does not understand capitalism. The problem is that the front office does not understand… — Hodding Carter III Copy Share Image
But what we know, we who are either observers of a business we once were in and loved, or are people within it now,… — Hodding Carter III Copy Share Image
