“Next we worked on destroying the democratic process. The left was obviously going to win the elections; it had a lot of prestige from the resistance, and the traditional conservative order had been discredited. The US wouldn't tolerate that.”

— Noam Chomsky

"How the Nazis Won the War" in How the World Works, p. 194
Quotes 1990s, 1990-1994, Secrets, Lies and Democracy, 1994

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