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Alexander Cockburn Quotes

A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection.

A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection.

Alexander Cockburn (1988). “Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era”, p.15, Verso

No foundation that I am aware of has hired ex-journalists to promote a thoroughgoing inquiry.

Alexander Cockburn (1988). “Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era”, p.182, Verso

No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein.

"New millennium, old crime: those sanctions against Iraq" by Alexander Cockburn, freepress.org. January 12, 2000.

The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination.

Alexander Cockburn (1988). “Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era”, p.95, Verso

Despair is the central part of the psychopathology. For the handmaiden of gossip is treachery.

Alexander Cockburn (1988). “Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era”, p.185, Verso