Top 149 Quotes by Stephen Kinzer

About Stephen Kinzer

These are some quotes by American author Stephen Kinzer Author, who was born on August 4, 1951.

Castro has lived almost his entire life as a clandestine revolutionary. To such figures, truth is always malleable, always subservient to political goals.

Castro has lived almost his entire life as a clandestine revolutionary. To such figures, truth is always malleable, always subservient to political goals.

Stephen Kinzer

Other places are also generators of far-flung violence beyond their own borders - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are obvious examples - but none has as long a history of war, resistance, and terror as Chechnya.

Stephen Kinzer

Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.

Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.

Stephen Kinzer

As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.

As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.

Stephen Kinzer

During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the 'Washington Consensus' on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call 'neo-liberal' principles: budget cuts, privatization, deregulation of business, and incentives for foreign companies. This campaign sparked bitter resistance and ultimately collapsed.

Stephen Kinzer

Chechens are not ethnically or culturally Russian, and have now been fighting for generations to free themselves from Russian rule.

Chechens are not ethnically or culturally Russian, and have now been fighting for generations to free themselves from Russian rule.

Stephen Kinzer

Western powers remain imprisoned by the idea that the world is a dangerous place, that it needs to be managed, and that they are called upon to do the managing.

Western powers remain imprisoned by the idea that the world is a dangerous place, that it needs to be managed, and that they are called upon to do the managing.

Stephen Kinzer

Because Iranians have had to fight so long and painfully for political freedom, they have a deep appreciation for its value - perhaps deeper than many in the West who take their electoral rights for granted.

Stephen Kinzer

Not all eagles can be trained, but those who take to life with a master display intense loyalty. Although they are not tethered, they always return after killing their prey.

Not all eagles can be trained, but those who take to life with a master display intense loyalty. Although they are not tethered, they always return after killing their prey.

Stephen Kinzer

No one will presumably ever be able to prove or disprove such fundamental religious principles as the existence of God.

No one will presumably ever be able to prove or disprove such fundamental religious principles as the existence of God.

Stephen Kinzer

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