John le Carre
British writer of spy novels, and a former spy himself.
We were not faced (in the cold war) in a conflict with people who are prepared to die for their cause. We weren't in conflict with people whose idea is to kill as many as they could.
In the war on terror we did everything wrong that we could have done.
Why is it that so many men of small stature have more courage than men of size?
Balls, the lot of it. It's death, that's what I'm suffering from. The systematic encroachment of the big D.
There is a big difference between fighting the cold war and fighting radical Islam. The rules have changed and we haven't.
No problem exists in isolation, one must first reduce it to its basic components, then tackle each component in turn.
If you're in a hole, don't dig, they say.
Never trade a secret, you'll always get the short end of the bargain.
Savages...are by nature rash. They have no middle gear. The middle gear of any man is self-discipline.
Elections are a Western jerk-off.
When you assimilate, you choose.