"When the invasion began, the British public was……" — John Pilger
"When the invasion began, the British public was called upon to 'support' troops sent illegally and undemocratically to kill people with whom we had no quarrel. 'The ultimate test of our professionalism' is how Commander McKendrick describes an unprovoked attack on a nation with no submarines, no navy and no air force, and now with no clean water and no electricity and, in many hospitals, no anaesthetic with which to amputate small limbs shredded by shrapnel. I have seen elsewhere how this is done, with a gag in the patient's mouth."
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22 Quotes by John Pilger
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In these surreal days, there is one truth. Nothing justified the killing of innocent people in America last week and…
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Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days…
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Not all the Americans in Iraq are those who torture and murder, or course they're not, I don't know how…
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We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.
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If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children fry to…
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In Western Australia, minerals are being dug up from Aboriginal land and shipped to China for a profit of a…
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In the sublime days before 11 September 2001, when the powerful were routinely attacking and terrorising the weak, and those…
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This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this…
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I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.
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More terrorists are given training and sanctuary in the United States than anywhere on earth. They include mass murderers, torturers,…
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Two increasing themes which appear to dominate our listening, reading and watching lives are propaganda and 'national security', or manufactured…
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I'm absolutely convinced of that. Israel is the representative of the United States in that part of the world. Its…
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More Air Quotes
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the…
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom -…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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