Arianna Huffington (1950) Greek-American author and syndicated columnist
[How to Overthrow the Government, 1st edition, 2000, HarperCollins, New York, ISBN 0-06-039331-9, p. 174 of 317, The Quest for Leaders]
Libby: Bush himself authorized leak on Iraq http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12187153/ (April 6, 2006)
Arianna Huffington (1950) Greek-American author and syndicated columnist
[How to Overthrow the Government, 1st edition, 2000, HarperCollins, New York, ISBN 0-06-039331-9, p. 174 of 317, The Quest for Leaders]
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960) Former Prime Minister of Spain
As President, 2007 <br class="br">Source: Entrevista http://www.elmundo.es/papel/2007/01/25/espana/2076551.html (Spanish), interview with Baltasar Garzón, 25th Jan 2007.
Ted Cruz (1970) American politician
2010s, Speech at the Republican National Convention (July 20, 2016)
Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) 31st President of the United States of America
Hoover Off the Record (1934)
“You in America should trust to that volcanic political instinct which I have divined in you.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Speech at New York (11 April 1933)
1930s
Patrick Buchanan (1938) American politician and commentator
no longer applies. We no longer live in a truly democratic republic.
2010s, State of Emergency (2006)
Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) Member of the United States Senate from Maine
Source: Declaration of Conscience (1950)
Context: I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory.
I don't want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican Party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people.
Ralph Nader (1934) American consumer rights activist and corporate critic
Their use of language reflected their antipathy toward the domineering influence of empire and big business... If "We the People" are the sole subjects of the Constitution, why is it that we are ruled by large corporations and their largely indentured servants—the Republican and Democratic Parties... "We the People" have allowed these plutocratic forces to slowly siphon away our power.
Breaking Through Power (2016)
Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) American businessman
As quoted in his obituary, New York Times (21 June 1965)