I don't feel I was "born American," but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II and I craved something I could identify with.

Shortly, the public will be unable to reason or think for themselves. They'll only be able to parrot the information they've been given on the previous night's news.

People, governments and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen.

Today it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people.

The key point to bear in mind is that Russia cannot be in Europe without Ukraine also being in Europe, whereas Ukraine can be in Europe without Russia being in Europe.

The scope of America's global hegemony is admittedly great, but its depth is shallow, limited by both domestic and external restraints.

The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the post-colonial age.

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.

One has to understand what the enemy is all about: the enemy's history, the enemy's culture, the enemy's aspirations. If you understand these well, you can perhaps move towards peace.

I don't claim to know everything, Wally. I only claim that everything can eventually be known.

Generally speaking, if you think something you want to do is wrong, it is.

Art is mind and heart and touch as much and more than it is mere instrument, technique - without which however it cannot exist at all.

Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.

I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.

Archaeology is the only branch of Anthropology where we kill our informants in the process of studying them.

The most valuable lessons in life cannot be taught, they must be experienced.

What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?

We may elevate ourselves but we should never reach so high that we would every forget those who helped us get there.