Loretta Napoleoni quotes

Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it in Africa, we see it in Asia.
-- Loretta Napoleoni

#People #Slavery #Asia

Terrorism is actually a very expensive business.
-- Loretta Napoleoni

#Terrorism #Expensive

It is not possible to starve an organised terrorist group because it is number one a state, so it levies taxation inside the territory that is controlled by Islamic State. But also the activity, for example the smuggling of oil, is taking place in an area which is a war zone. So of course people will buy that oil because they don't have any alternative. So even if we wanted to stop that kind of trade, it will be very, very difficult to do that.
-- Loretta Napoleoni

#War #Islamic #Oil

Well, I think here there is some money gathered, especially in Europe, through the web, through connection to a network. I mean, imagine that in Brussels there is only one person, one single person, which is monitoring the traffic that goes on on the internet for the jihadist groups. In Strasbourg there are two people. So I mean you can imagine how easy it is to raise money through the net.
-- Loretta Napoleoni

#Mean #Thinking #Europe

Europe has been in the grip of a very serious economic crisis for few years, so there have been major cuts to anti-terrorist funding, to intelligence funding. So we do not have the manpower to carry on this kind of monitoring.
-- Loretta Napoleoni

#Cutting #Years #Europe

So I think if we want to turn the table around, more than thinking about how can we starve the Islamic State in terms of money, we should think about how can we maximise the amount of resources that we have in order to secure ourselves. For us, instead of bombing so much, which is extremely expensive, perhaps, you know, we should use some of that money in order to protect ourselves.
-- Loretta Napoleoni

#Islamic #Thinking #Order

There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.

Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.

What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

You cannot afford a world with slavery, which literally takes someone and turns them into a machine.

I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.

The unsuspected is the daily fare of the traveler in Thibet ...

Singapore is the happiest place in Asia

After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.