Perceived Threat Quotes

“Kennan recognized this fact as well, when he said: "Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy.”
― Dan Kovalik

“Fear is the response to a perceived threat. Greed is the response to a perceived fear.”
― F.C. Quiles, Dismantled: A Theory of Broken Mindsets—A Blueprint of Infinite Futures