Mark Bourrie > Quotes

“Everybody in the CIMS database has a number, from minus 15 to plus 15. If you’re plus 15, you’re on the right of the political spectrum. If you are minus 15 you are on the left of the political spectrum. You are a pinko, leftie, environmentalist, academic probably,”
― Mark Bourrie, Kill The Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know

“I see no point in writing a book that doesn’t tell a good story, or one that is not driven by fascinating characters.”
― Mark Bourrie

“He killed many men in cold blood, but deeply mourned his standard poodle when it was shot on the battlefield at Marston Moor.”
― Mark Bourrie, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson

“People will fight for money and they’ll fight when they’re drafted and forced to, but they will also go to war or put themselves in danger when they find a cause—political or religious—that makes them feel valued, important and wanted.”
― Mark Bourrie, The Killing Game: Martyrdom, Murder, and the Lure of ISIS

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― Mark Bourrie, Kill The Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know

“What happened next will always be open to conjecture. There are several accounts of the supposed bureaucratic hell inflicted on Radisson and Groseilliers when they arrived at Quebec. Probably none of them are true.”
― Mark Bourrie, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson

“Really, although it’s a great place to live, Ottawa’s a rather backwater capital of a very decentralized state where power over important issues like education, health care and social services lies with the provinces.”
― Mark Bourrie, Kill The Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know

“Journalists make lousy politicians because they think they always need to tell the truth. —STEPHEN HARPER”
― Mark Bourrie, Kill The Messengers: Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know

“New media provides an addictive level of brain stimulus. It kills time for the bored. It makes the unimportant seem important and connects individuals into communities that are very real.”
― Mark Bourrie, The Killing Game: Martyrdom, Murder, and the Lure of ISIS