Quotes by Juan Cole
“The American public is not well-served by a press that is timid and that is not willing to call a lie a lie.”— Juan Cole
“History is not a morality play. It's a complex and often brutal story of human beings and their societies.”— Juan Cole
“The idea that you can create a democracy in the Middle East from the outside is a fantasy.”— Juan Cole
“I think the Sunni-Shia split is the most significant geopolitical fault line in the Middle East today.”— Juan Cole
“Extremism is a symptom of political and social grievance, not just a theological problem.”— Juan Cole
“A post-American world is coming, and it's not something to be feared but something to be managed.”— Juan Cole