39 Quotes by William Blum

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire.

From 1945 to the end of the century, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements struggling against intolerable regimes. . . . In the process, the US caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.

He made a mistake, he got them mixed up.

I was amazed and amused. It's good publicity for the book.

I think bin Laden shares that view, and that is why I'm not repulsed by his embrace of my book, because that is one of my major themes.

I hope it helps my book sales. I'm swamped with media interviews.

This has given me much more access to the mass media than I ever would have had. And for this reason I'm glad that this happened.

Change comes from a degree of discomfort that allows for and spurs thought and action.