Allen Dulles Quotes

Under dictatorship, people are enslaved but they know it," he told de Mohrenschildt, recalling his days in the Soviet Union. "Here, the politicians constantly lie to people and they become immune to these lies because they have the privilege of voting. But voting is rigged and democracy here is a gigantic profusion of lies and clever brainwashing." Oswald worried about the FBI's police-state surveillance tactics. And he believed that America was turning more "militaristic" as it increasingly interfered in the internal affairs of other countries. ~ David Talbot

At least we're getting the kind of experience we need for the next war. ~ Allen Dulles

What he confessed was this. He had not been serving God, after all, when he followed Allen Dulles. He had been on a satanic quest.
These were some of James Jesus Angleton's dying words. He delivered them between fits of calamitous coughing - lung-scraping seizures that still failed to break him of his cigarette habit - and soothing sips of tea. "Fundamentally, the founding fathers of U.S. intelligence were liars," Angleton told Trento in an emotionless voice. "The better you lied and the more you betrayed, the more likely you would be promoted. . . . Outside of their duplicity, the only thing they had in common was a desire for absolute power. I did things that, in looking back on my life, I regret. But I was part of it and loved being in it."
He invoked the names of the high eminences who had run the CIA in his day - Dulles, Helms, Wisner. These men were "the grand masters," he said. "If you were in a room with them, you were in a room full of people that you had to believe would deservedly end up in hell."
Angleton took another slow sip from his steaming cup. "I guess I will see them there soon. ~ David Talbot

I am against allowing the CIA to spend $25 million since 1947 for the express purpose, as stated before, to alter our behavior. Is the State supreme over individuals? Who owns or controls our minds? Why was CIA Director Allen Dulles allowed to order 100 million LSD tablets? Were half the U.S. population going to receive their doses? What gives the CIA and Pentagon the right to define normal, or to determine what is national security? Are we being drugged through food, water and supplied with chemicals so we become slaves and robots? Where is all the cancer coming from? Why the preoccupation with death? Why is the U.S. Government in the business of creating a "Psycho-civilized" world? Who is ordering the ultrasonic waves to lower brain waves of city populations to an alpha state, leaving citizens susceptible to mass propaganda and hypnotic suggestion? These facts have been confirmed by researcher Walter Bowart in 1977. I learned about the project years ago. ~ Mae Brussell

As (the Soviet newspaper) Pravda said in 1951,"If ever the spy Allen Dulles should arrive in Heaven through somebody's absent-mindedness, he would begin to blow up the clouds, mine the stars, and slaughter the angels." Allen Dulles cared little for the methods that were used to accomplish the secret projects he funded. Proof of this is clear when you look at his attempts in 1950 to convince John McCloy to intervene in General Alexander von Falkenhausen's trial. Von Falkenhausen had executed hostages in Belgium throughout the war and ordered the deportation of 25,000 Jews to death camps. Von Falkenhausen drew a twelve-year sentence but was freed after three weeks. ~ Carol Rutz

Congratulations are in order for Woody Allen - he and Soon Yi have a brand new baby daughter. It's all part of Woody's plan to grow his own wives. ~ David Letterman

a lost battalion of platonic conversationalists jumping down the stoops off fire escapes off windowsills off Empire State out of the moon ~ Allen Ginsberg

Everyone's opinion is of equal value, which is bizarre to me. It's so hard to get anybody cast because you'll be on the phone with 15 people, and if anybody says I don't know about that guy - move on. Wait a minute, why is that person's note valid? It's such a bizarre process that's sprung up around it. ~ Edward Allen Bernero

Everything in life turns out to be a distraction from the real thing you want to do. There are a million distractions and when I was a kid I was very disciplined. I knew that the other kids weren't. I was the one able to do the thing, not because I had more talent, maybe less, but because they simply weren't applying themselves. ~ Woody Allen

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement. ~ Fred Allen

You have to be in love with yourself before anyone else can fall in love with you; to be happy with yourself. ~ Lily Allen

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. - Mark Twain ~ David Allen

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference. ~ Fred Allen

There is no room for a complainer in a universe of law, and worry is soul-suicide. By your very attitude of mind you are strengthening the chains which bind you, and are drawing about you the darkness by which you are enveloped, Alter your outlook upon life, and your outward life will alter. ~ James Allen

The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you. ~ Woody Allen

Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her. ~ Sarah Addison Allen

Be aware that you are always invulnerable to personal attacks inspired by envy and spite. ~ Allen Drury

When somebody tells you they're not very smart, they're saying exactly the opposite. ~ Tim Allen

A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era. ~ Ivan Allen

I don't think my film style has changed. I'm doing the same kind of jokes I did when I was younger. ~ Woody Allen

My dad's death reminds me of earthquakes - things that shake your foundation. ~ Tim Allen

Certainty is not to be had. But as we learn this we become not more moral but more resigned. We become nihilists. ~ Allen Wheelis

In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. ~ William Allen White

Everyone just needs to stop fighting and have a cookie. ~ Keegan Allen

The most beautiful words in the English language are not 'I love you', but 'It's benign'. ~ Woody Allen

If I could dance like the ladies can, it would have been my arse on your screens ~ Lily Allen

When I had tried to stop previously there were weeks of dark depression. There would be odd days when I was comparatively cheerful but the next day I would invariably sink back into the misery and depression. It was like clawing your way out of a slippery pit - you feel that you are nearing the top; you can see the sunshine - and then find yourself sliding back down again. ~ Allen Carr

You know, the guys there were so beautiful - they've lost that wounded look that fags all had 10 years ago. ~ Allen Ginsberg

Woody Allen - nobody has been a better joke teller than him - and even in his great films, it's always coming out of the character. If you don't have that, jokes are just empty and I think that people rely too much on jokes. ~ Brett Gelman

I thought I heard the dark pounding its head
On a rock, crying: Who are the dead? ~ Allen Tate

Happiness is a risk. If you're not a little scared, then you're not doing it right. ~ Sarah Addison Allen

Why? Why are you doing this?"
"What?"
"The snaps and this?" I gestured with my hand, moving it back and forth between us.
"It's all part of my plan," he said somewhat cryptically.
"Plan for what?" I was confused. What kind of plan did he have that involved me.
He didn't make me wait for the answer.
"My plan for saving you. ~ Sadie Allen

I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former Miss Texas, and neither is true. ~ Krista Allen

She wanted a life not full of things, but stories, so many stories that, if they'd had weight and heft, they wouldn't have fit into a thousand suitcases. ~ Sarah Addison Allen

You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary. ~ Florence Ellinwood Allen

Every American in uniform, in the White House or at home - USA! USA! USA! - we must be a force for unity in America, for a vision that includes all of us. All of us. Every man and woman, every race, every ethnicity, every faith and creed, including the Americans who are our precious Muslims. And every gender and every gender orientation. ~ John R. Allen

Her color was high and her brown eyes were shining. Her gorgeous red hair was a thick mass of curls that fell down her back. She looked like a painting, fragile, caught in a moment she couldn't get out of. ~ Sarah Addison Allen

We do not deceive ourselves that we are engaging in an activity that is anything but debilitating, dangerous, euphoric, kinesthetic, expensive, frivolously essential, economically useless and totally without redeeming social significance. One should not probe for
deeper meanings. ~ Allen Steck

The passing of four decades brought outward changes to John and Jenny that masked any recognition of one another. But matters of the heart are not governed by time. ~ Thomas Allen

I took a speed-reading course where you run your finger down the middle of the page and was able to read "War and Peace" in 20 minutes. It's about Russia. ~ Woody Allen

Eight hours after putting out a cigarette, you are 97% nicotine-free. After just three days of not smoking, you are 100% nicotine-free. ~ Allen Carr

NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings. ~ Allen Weinstein