15 Quotes by Jeff Sharlet

What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it’s easy to organize around that.

Liberalism doesn’t speak to ideals. Radicalism does.

Whoever is holding the power says, “Yeah, let’s keep things civil and quiet.” Whoever’s outside say’s, “No, I’m not going to keep things civil and quiet, I’m going to bang on the door.”

The Family is the oldest and arguably most influential religious political organization in Washington.

The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom.

There are real radical Muslim groups out there that really are pretty villainous. You don’t have to make them up.

Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.

Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican.

My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, “I like the noise of democracy. I like the sound of people in the streets making noise.”