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Quotes from Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World — Ralph Peters

born 1952 United States

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The message of Vietnam is not that Americans will not take casualties; it is that the American people do not want the lives of their sons and daughters wasted.

Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World (2002)

There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).

Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World (2002)

We [the U.S.] think nothing…of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.

Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World (2002)

We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not.

Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World (2002)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ralph Peters (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.