Alexander Cockburn
Journalist
1941-06-06 – 2012-07-21
Alexander Cockburn was a British-Irish journalist, essayist, and political commentator. He wrote extensively on U.S. and international politics and co-founded CounterPunch. His work was known for investigative and polemical style.
Quotes by Alexander Cockburn
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Republicans know well that a change of rhetorical pace is necessary. But efforts by their leaders to damp down the bellicosity of newly elected Tea Party types is running into the fact that the Tea Partiers have only the high volume setting on their amplifiers, just like Palin. They're like a couple having a fight at a funeral; politely sotto voce, then suddenly bursting out fortissimo with their plaints and accusations.
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Regulation of sexual behavioris the preferred route to wider socialcontrol.
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Regulation of sexual behavioris the preferred route to wider socialcontrol.
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Republicans know well that a change of rhetorical pace is necessary. But efforts by their leaders to damp down the bellicosity of newly elected Tea Party types is running into the fact that the Tea Partiers have only the high volume setting on their amplifiers, just like Palin. They're like a couple having a fight at a funeral; politely sotto voce, then suddenly bursting out fortissimo with their plaints and accusations.
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The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
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Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now part of Malaysia and should be called Sri Lanka.
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The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination.
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