“Every country has its own mafia. In Russia, the mafia has its own country.”
Garry Kasparov (1963) former chess world champion
2000s
“The CIA and the Mafia are in cahoots”
Hadda be Playin' on a Jukebox (1975).
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“That’s the left wing of the CIA debating the right wing of the CIA.”
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“Nobody will play with us, we have no friends, we're the Trenchcoat Mafia.”
Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
The Trenchcoat Mafia.
Hell, I saw the yearbook picture, it was six of 'em! I ain't have six friends in high school. I don't got six friends now! Shit, that's 3-on-3 with a half-court!
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Patrick Fitzgerald (1960) American lawyer
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“I guess God can use the mafia, but I would like God to use the church.”
Shane Claiborne The Irresistible Revolution
Source: The Irresistible Revolution (2006), p. 63
“The history of the CIA brims with inquiries that cowed our spies and ruined their careers.”
Mark Riebling (1963) American writer
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“A strongly antiagency ambassador can make problems for the CIA chief of station.”
John Stockwell (1937) American activist
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“We must always remember to thank the CIA and the Army for LSD, by the way.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Source: The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 179
Context: We must always remember to thank the CIA and the Army for LSD, by the way. Everything is the opposite of what it is, isn't it? They brought out LSD to control people, and what they did was give us freedom. Sometimes it works in mysterious ways its wonders to perform. But it sure as hell performs them. If you look a the government report book on acid, the only ones who jumped out of windows because of it were the ones in the Army. I never knew anybody who jumped out of a window or killed themselves because of it.
