There were moments when Szara suspected that many idealists drawn to Communism were, at heart, people with an appetite for clandestine life.

The common theme here was contempt: a poisonous disregard for human life. For Vladimir Putin’s critics have an uncanny habit of turning up dead.

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.— Winston S. Churchill.

Society tends to stick labels on everything and everyone. The label that is given to you will stick with you for a lifetime.

To take command, one must first create the illusion that command is already yours.

This formidable officine dates from Peter the Great, who formed it in 1697...Its historic origins must, however, be looked for much earlier; one finds them in the byzantine traditions and in the operations of the Tartar domination...Espionage, delation, torture, and secret executions were the normal and regulating instruments of the |||||||| police.

Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same party with different faces and that was why, no matter how many promises each leader made, significant change rarely transpired.

Havens turned again.Someone else passed between the trucks. That someone walked with less purpose than the other workers near the stalls. To Havens this meant a surveillance asset was on him and it probably was not an assassination attempt. It eased him back into relative comfort for just a moment or two more.

Now that little problem of yours, this business of not knowing good men from bad men and villains from heroes and so forth...There's still plenty for you to do. And you'll do it. And when you fall in love and have a mistress or a wife and children to look after, it will all seem easier.' He opened the door but stopped on the threshold. 'Surround yourself with human beings, my dear. They are easier to fight for than principles.' He laughed. 'But don't let me down and become human yourself. We would lose such a wonderful machine.' With a wave of his hand he shut the door.

Cheating was a concept both foreign and integral to the fighting of wars.