Raising Hell: Issue 39: Something In The Water
"That's not really a number I'm terribly interested in." - Colin Powell, responding to Iraqi civilian casualty numbers during the first Gulf War, New York Times, 23 March 1991.
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Raising Hell: Issue 38: So Clever It's Stupid
"If he refuses to correct his behavior the easy way, then we’ll just have to do things the hard way. It’s as simple as that.” - Monte Melkonian, Armenian revolutionary, letter, 25 April 1988
Raising Hell: Issue 37: A "Sit Up And Take Notice Moment"
"I behaved unethically, for ethical reasons.” - Adnan Khashoggi, Arms Dealer.
Raising Hell: Issue 36: Nightmares Before Christmas
"You are innocent until proven poor." - Michael K. Williams, Actor, Interview with Time magazine, 2017
Raising Hell: Issue 35: "We Figure That's Fine"
"Give war a chance," - Thomas L. Friedman, three-time Pulitzer prize winner on Afghanistan, The New York Times, 2 November 2001.
Raising Hell: Issue 34: The Chill Edition
"I don't say I'm a saint. I'm a man like any other." - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, deposed dictator of the Central African Republic, self-described Emperor and "Butcher of Bangui", 16 Dec 1986
Raising Hell: Issue 33: And?
"Victory will be achieved when average citizens 'understand' (recognize) uncertainties in climate science; recognition of uncertainties becomes part of 'conventional wisdom'" - API memo, 1998
Raising Hell: Issue 32: Thoughts And Prayers For Hopes And Dreams
"Money doesn't change men. It merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out; that's all." - Henry Ford, industrialist and anti-Semite, April 1921.
Raising Hell: Issue 31: Of Pleasure Yachts and Zuckerbergs
"I believe that one develops an ability to ignore," Markus Wolf, former Stasi spy chief, 25 November 1991, interview with Time magazine.
Raising Hell: Issue 30: "Very Much A Normal Person"
"I've found, during my admittedly limited experience in political reporting, that power & honesty very rarely coincide." - Hunter S Thompson, journalist, letter to Garry Wills, 17 October 1973.