Any Quote by Nick Turse Download Open image “If the present is any guide, government-sanctioned, counterfeit history is in your future.” — Nick Turse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Any Counterfeit Future Government Guide Guides History Ifs Our future Present Time Your Your future
I suggest that if you know history, then you might not be so easily fooled by the government when it tells you you must… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I don't look back on history. I want to look forward to the future. — Vincent Janssen Copy Share Image
What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure you are… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
I do not want history to record me as someone who has bequeathed to his nation the institution of despotism. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era. — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response is remarkably… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
U.S. failures when it comes to the Gulf of Guinea are many: a failure to address the longstanding concerns of a government watchdog agency,… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Without a clear picture of where the military's covert forces are operating and what they are doing, Americans may not even recognize the consequences… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The DoD has never undergone an audit. In 2004, it actually pledged to undergo a full audit by 2007, but that deadline came and… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on your doorstep… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
It turns out that, if you want to know what the U.S. military is doing in Africa, it's advantageous to be connected to a… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The Obama presidency has seen the U.S. military's elite tactical forces increasingly used in an attempt to achieve strategic goals. But with Special Operations… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
You don't need a digital David Petraeus or a President Bush avatar to distract you from the truth. You don't need to wait decades… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things - especially when it… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The thing that really struck me was how many firms that we think of as strictly civilian had ties to the Pentagon. Companies like… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I… — Ben Schwartz Copy Share Image
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that.… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program. — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
The system in Germany is different, as you sign up with a company for two or three years, and you work exclusively with them;… — Tom Wlaschiha Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
