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Juan Cole Quotes: I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.
         

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.


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If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it won’t be you; you can’t afford them.

If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it won’t be you; you can’t afford them.



I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs.

I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs.



Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition.

Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition.



My main expertise is in the past, but if I have to extrapolate into the future, I would say: no good news any time soon and an obvious exit strategy is not apparent to me.

My main expertise is in the past, but if I have to extrapolate into the future, I would say: no good news any time soon and an obvious exit strategy is not apparent to me.



I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.

I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.



It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.

It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.



Partisan politics has no place in the classroom.

Partisan politics has no place in the classroom.



Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty.

Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty.



I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as easy to rule Iraq as they thought.

I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as easy to rule Iraq as they thought.



An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a strong security reason and so forth.

An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a strong security reason and so forth.





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I have always enjoyed my solitude. It gives me time to think and to write.

I have always enjoyed my solitude. It gives me time to think and to write.



When words lose their meaning and expression, silence is the only language that heart follows, speaks and celebrates.

When words lose their meaning and expression, silence is the only language that heart follows, speaks and celebrates.



I like music because it's the only invisible art form.

I like music because it's the only invisible art form.



And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.



In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.

In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.



An enemy will train us in watchfulness; for if he be wary to seize on every error and trip us, we shall be more heedful to expose nothing, and this will drive us to prudence and thoughtfulness.

An enemy will train us in watchfulness; for if he be wary to seize on every error and trip us, we shall be more heedful to expose nothing, and this will drive us to prudence and thoughtfulness.



Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.

Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.



Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.

Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.



You think the pope is mad that Donald Trump said Two Corinthians instead of "second"? Get this. Pope Francis just said that contraception can be justified now.

You think the pope is mad that Donald Trump said Two Corinthians instead of "second"? Get this. Pope Francis just said that contraception can be justified now.



Only your friends steal your books.

Only your friends steal your books.




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