Quotes by William Blum

About William Blum:

William Blum is an American author, historian, and critic of United States foreign policy. He worked in a computer related position at the United States Department of State in the mid-1960s. Initially an anti-communist with dreams of becoming a foreign service officer, he became disillusioned by the Vietnam War. He lives in Washington, DC.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

William Blum

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

William Blum

A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.

William Blum

What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be rational human beings; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions.

William Blum

Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their terrorism is often retaliation for an action of the United States.

William Blum

Author Bio

  • NameWilliam Blum
  • DescriptionAmerican author and historian
  • Born1933
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Historian
  • WorksRogue State: A Guide To The World's Only Superpower; Killing Hope