The U.S. should come out openly and say to the world, "We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it."

We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane.

The function of a bourgeois democracy is to secure the consent of the masses to their own exploitation and oppression.

People are increasingly beginning to feel that democracy itself is being destroyed by this latest phase of globalization and that politics doesn't matter because it changes nothing.

There are different versions of Islam... it is meaningless to claim to speak in the name of a ‘real’ Islam.

The sobbing of the weak today is the sobbing of the victims of neoliberal policies. They consist of billions of people all over the world.

Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting.

After flirting with neoisolationism, the U.S. is now deciding it wants to run the world.

American imperialism has always been the imperialism that has been frightened of speaking its name. Now it's beginning to do so. In a way, it's better. We know where we kneel.

Desperation is the result of globalization.

The "coalition against terrorism" means the United States. It does not wish anyone else to interfere with its strategy.

Help means give me a hand.

Envy is the most stupid of vices for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

The reward of the general is not a bigger tent but command.

In my opinion, British women are more romantic than French ones.

I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.

The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses.

I learned a lot of good things in my school. I've audited a lot of other schools, and I guess after a while I got a little tired of the acting school atmosphere.

I listen to old Idaho, and there are moments of true inspiration there. I think the music is speaking on its own a little bit more. It's evolving, it's not losing its heart.

We look so much on color that we forget about the soul.

A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.