Blowback Quotes

“The blowback against a bailout of Lehman would have been fierce. It is often forgotten, but the prevailing wisdom the day after Lehman fell was that its collapse was a good thing.”

“The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them.”

“Most of the time, if you treat people right, you don't have to be afraid of them.”

“Islamic killers are over here because we are over there.”

“How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?”

“The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them—violence.”

“If everyone loves you, maybe you don't need so many tanks.”