"Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to……" — John Perkins
"Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we've been very successful."
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21 Quotes by John Perkins
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But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what…
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Had Roosevelt been caught, we would have been in a lot of trouble. It would have been very embarrassing.
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I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money,…
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These were big ones. Those companies would then go in and build an electrical system or ports or highways, and…
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This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating,…
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When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out…
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