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Richard Perle Quotes: "Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people."

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.



Richard Perle Quotes: "National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government."

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government.




Richard Perle Quotes: "Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but not of terrorist sympathies."

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but not of terrorist sympathies.



Richard Perle Quotes: "Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces."

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.




Richard Perle Quotes: "No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an unmanned airplane."

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an unmanned airplane.



Richard Perle Quotes: "Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused."

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused.



Richard Perle Quotes: "We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight of the difference between dissent and subversion."

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight of the difference between dissent and subversion.




Richard Perle Quotes: "Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest."

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.



Richard Perle Quotes: "Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another."

Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another.



Richard Perle Quotes: "George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go."

George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go.



Richard Perle Quotes: "The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold war allies."

The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold war allies.



Richard Perle Quotes: "In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go."

In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go.




Richard Perle Quotes: "There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated."

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated.



Richard Perle Quotes: "The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror."

The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror.



Richard Perle Quotes: "Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers."

Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers.



Richard Perle Quotes: "For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle way for Americans: it is victory or holocaust."

For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle way for Americans: it is victory or holocaust.



Richard Perle Quotes: "Support for Saddam, including within his military organization, will collapse after the first whiff of gunpowder."

Support for Saddam, including within his military organization, will collapse after the first whiff of gunpowder.



Richard Perle Quotes: "The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose us."

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose us.



Richard Perle Quotes: "We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington."

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.



Richard Perle Quotes: "No one is talking about occupying Iraq for five to ten years."

No one is talking about occupying Iraq for five to ten years.



Richard Perle Quotes: "These are lies, there is not a word of truth in them."

These are lies, there is not a word of truth in them.



Richard Perle Quotes: "Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance the reconstruction of their own country. And I have no doubt that they will."

Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance the reconstruction of their own country. And I have no doubt that they will.



Richard Perle Quotes: "Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians."

Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians.



Richard Perle Quotes: "Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others."

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others.



Richard Perle Quotes: "When you gaze into souls, it's something you should update periodically, because souls can change."

When you gaze into souls, it's something you should update periodically, because souls can change.



Richard Perle Quotes: "We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe."

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.