102 Quotes by Robert Fisk

One of the reasons why I think people have gone from reading mainstream newspapers to the Internet is because they realize they're being lied to.

The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq.

U.S. journalists I don't think are very courageous. They tend to go along with the government's policy domestically and internationally. To question is seen as being unpatriotic, or potentially subversive.

The Americans must leave, the Americans will leave and the terrible tragedy is the Americans can't leave because that is the equation that will turn sand into blood.

William Dalrymple called me a war junkie in his silly book. No, I don't have a desire for it. I'm appalled and infuriated by it.

To look for bin Laden now is as useful as detaining nuclear scientists after the creation of the atomic bomb.

There is nothing so satisfying as to be shot at without effect.

Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all infidels working for America, and in fact, it was millions of ordinary people who peacefully, more or less - certainly in the case of Tunisia and Egypt - got rid of them.

Epitaph on a Tyrant" is about Stalin, but is perfect for Saddam Hussein.