Gabriel Kolko quotes

“The fundamental assumption that the United States retains the right and obligation to intervene in the Third World in any way it ultimately deems necessary, including military, remains an article of faith among the people who guide both political parties.”
-- Gabriel Kolko

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“The entire banking movement, at all crucial stages, was centralized in the hands of a few men who for years were linked, ideologically and personally, with one another.”
-- Gabriel Kolko

Source : Gabriel Kolko (2008). “Triumph of Conservatism”, p.222, Simon and Schuster

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“Despite the large number of mergers, and the growth in the absolute size of many corporations, the dominant tendency in the American economy at the beginning of [the 20th] century was toward growing competition. [And] competition was unacceptable…It was not the existence of monopoly that caused the federal government to intervene in the economy, but the lack of it.”
-- Gabriel Kolko

Source : "Triumph of Conservatism". Book by Gabriel Kolko, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1963.

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“Many in the American military have learned the fundamental dilemma of modern warfare: More money and better weapons don't mean that you win.”
-- Gabriel Kolko

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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“What one can be, one must be!”

“Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.”

“'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'”

“I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.”

“Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.”

“I worry because there is a basic asymmetry, an imbalance, between the two parties. For the Palestinians, it is about status and sovereignty, which could always be adjusted, while for Israel it is about security and trust. And security is something you can't adjust. If you make a mistake on the scrutiny issue, there is no going back.”

“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.”

“I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.”

Source : "Happy Endings’ Adam Pally on the Show’s Underdog Status, Improvising on Set, and Being Chubby-Skinny". Interview with Willa Paskin, www.vulture.com. May 25, 2011.

“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”

“Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.”