POLITICS
John F. Kennedy
US President
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“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”
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“The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings...Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe...no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of "clear and present danger," then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent...For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.”
Henry Kissenger
American statesman, political scientist, diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under several presidents.
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"Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy."
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"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."
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"Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world."
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"Depopulation should be the highest priority of foreign policy towards the third world, because the US economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad, especially from less developed countries"
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"It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true."
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"Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people."