Blowback Quotes

“How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?”
― Howard Zinn

“The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them—violence.”
― Chris Hedges

“Islamic killers are over here because we are over there.”
― Patrick J. Buchanan

“The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them.”
― Francis Bacon, The Essays

“Most of the time, if you treat people right, you don't have to be afraid of them.”
― Kathy Kelly, Other Lands Have Dreams: Letters From Pekin Prison

“If everyone loves you, maybe you don't need so many tanks.”
― Craig Nelson

“What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be rational human beings; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions.”
― William Blum