So long as politicians need millions to win a seat in Congress and nearly a billion to contest the White House, they will sanctify the methods needed to raise such sums.
Every nation reserves the right to go to war with every other nation. Therefore, every ethnic group wants to be a nation.
The more money we have to throw around the better off we're going to be. I think this country doesn't understand its power around the world economically—its ability to buy friends.
National frontiers and governments can no more protect societies against economic storms than against meteorological dangers.
Divining the future is a lot easier and cheaper than documenting the present.
Information that is gathered and managed in secret is a potent weapon – and the temptation to use it in political combat … can be irresistible.
Max Frankel is an American journalist.
