29 Quotes by Ray McGovern

Pete Hoekstra was one of the few people in our government who would be able to stop this.

I do not wish to be associated, however remotely, with an agency engaged in torture.

The president says we are addicted to oil. He's quite right. We've reached the first resource-war. It's bizarre to think that this war had nothing to do with oil. The war misses the criteria that I learned in school that is needed for a just war... Oil is a blessing and a curse for Iraq.

We all move in our circle of friends and neighbors. ... One must never try to do something like this alone. It requires a community, no matter how small.

People can and do come to us for the straight answers.

This is a matter of principle where she said my oath, my promise not to reveal secrets is superseded by my oath to defend the constitution of the United States.

It was simply a slow, dead man walking kind of thing. I had expected turbulence, the worst I experienced was people averting their eyes and the most common reaction was people looking at me, silence.

That's a loophole you can drive a Mack truck through.

You do what you know is good, because it's good, and then you have a certain peace of mind, saying, you've been an activist in a constructive way.