"The United States has a long history of supporting dictatorships."

"The primary task of the media is to make sure that the people don't find out what's really going on."

"The United States has devoted a great deal of effort to trying to ensure that democracy does not function in the Middle East."

"The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people who are different, but by people who are the same."

"The very notion of 'national interest' is a highly ideological construct."