John McAfee Quotes

The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib.

I have a very bad relationship with mice.

Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen and fire, they're very common and mix all too often. The recipe is, simply, a legitimate grievance against a state, a state that refuses to compromise, a quorum of angry people, and access to weapons.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

In any insurgency, the insurgents are in a win-win situation. Even though there is anger towards the insurgents as the result of violence, there is also anger towards the authorities for not protecting people.

I never did begin the war with the two Houses of Parliament... They began war upon me... if anybody will look at the dates of what happened... they will see clearly that they began these unhappy troubles, not I... therefore I tell you I am the martyr of the people.

the awakening of the Arab nation, and the effort of the Jews to reconstitute the ancient kingdom of Israel…. These movements are destined to fight each other continually until one of them wins.

He [her husband] asks me for advice and doesn't take it as much as he does.

One interest must be opposed to another interest. Vices, as they exist, must be turned against each other.

Coups are chaotic.

The tyrant is always stirring up some war or another, in order that the people may require a leader.

… empires cannot be shattered and new states raised upon their ruins without disturbance. To create new boundaries is always to create new troubles. The one follows the other.

Government violence can only do one thing and that is to breed counter-violence.

I sleep soundly. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence.

A revolution cannot survive without an enemy in front of it..

There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.

The proximate cause of Iraq's unraveling was the increasing authoritarian, sectarian, and corrupt conduct of the Iraqi government and its leader after the departure of the last U.S. combat forces in 2011.

I didn't like the Feds coming to town when I was in Miami, telling me what to do. I didn't like them coming to town and thinking that they knew more about Miami than I do.

The good guy is only as strong as the bad guy.

Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.

I won't let the grudge Netanyahu and those who surround him have against me hurt the country.

Rebellion has its roots in government's indifference and incompetence.

Some of my toughest races are people I've known, because it gets more personal than it should be.

The very act of protest is dangerous in Venezuela.

Although we live in a safe and stable country, Central Africa as a region has been held back by seemingly perpetual conflict - over power, resources, and who controls them.