

“They all had been infected with dangerous ideas during the Arbenz era because, in the words of one observer, “they believed [that] in a democracy the people chose the government, Guatemala needed land reform, and workers deserved protection under the law.”
― The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles and the Rise of America's Secret Government
― The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles and the Rise of America's Secret Government

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”
― The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
― The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
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