David Petraeus Quotes
Mubarak would meet with me when I was at Central Command. He would lean and put his hand on my knee, as if a father figure, and say, 'General, don't ever forget the Arab Street. Listen to the Arab Street.' I'd like to go to him now and say, 'Mr. President, what about that Arab Street, what's that all about?'
Petraeus, David H. Interview by Charlie Rose. The Charlie Rose Show, PBS, 2011.
There was a movement amongst some Arab counties towards democracy in 2005. There was Western diplomatic pressure on Egypt and Saudi Arabia to hold free elections for the first time.
This paraphrased quote originated with Martin Luther King, Jr. See related quote.
By restricting or limiting the campaign contributions of corporations, Scalia observed, the government is in effect is muffing the voices of the entities which not only is a great source of information on the economy, but it represents and is a very large component of the American economy itself. The Citizen United case resolved that issue to obtain the views and information of the corporations, but in the views of many others the price society pays is very high—perhaps too high.
Although there are many historical and political thinkers who do not agree that upheavals are inevitable or desirable in America, Vann Woodward and many others follow the school of American thought led by Thomas Jefferson and others of the founding fathers. With the exception of the Civil War most of the American upheavals, though painful to many losing privilege and power have not been massively bloody and have been mostly political.
David Howell Petraeus AO, MSC is a retired United States Army general and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus served 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from July 4, 2010, to July 18, 2011. His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 13, 2008, to June 30, 2010, and as commanding general, Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) from February 10, 2007, to September 16, 2008. As commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq.
