Puerto rico Quote by Stephen Kinzer

American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.

— Noam Chomsky

From 1945 to 2003, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements fighting…

— William Blum

“The United States was undeniably imperialist in 1812. Within two generations it had doubled its size, dispossessing the native inhabitants of their land and…

— Troy Bickham

Imperialism is the factor in American policy, not just since 1898, but in fact long before it when we were expanding across this continent…

— Howard Zinn

The 1898 annexation of the Hawaiian Islands merely formally recognized what had long been American domination.

— Margaret MacMillan

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and…

— Franklin D Roosevelt

“When, in the fifteenth century, some audacious mariners who had sailed from Europe discovered America, nothing seemed to justify such a venture in the…

— Pierre Boulle

America has always been the richest and most secure, and sometimes the most dangerous country in the world. In the early years, the danger…

— Noam Chomsky

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up to that…

— John Henrik Clarke

The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of 1812, the…

— John Yoo

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

— Leon Panetta

“~ “In their secretly nervous hearts, they’ve convinced themselves, poor little delusional narcissists, that their nation is the most powerful that ever was or…

— Tom Robbins