Robert Scheer

“We have a system of justice in this country that is for sale.”

“The notion that we can have a world without dissent is a totalitarian notion.”

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.”

“The American dream, that has been sold to the people, is a cruel hoax.”

“The media has become an echo chamber for the powerful.”

“I think the job of a journalist is to be a pain in the ass to the powerful.”

“The Patriot Act is the most unpatriotic act of all time.”

“The only way to have a free press is to have a press that is not owned by the people it is supposed to be covering.”

“War is the ultimate racket.”

“What you have is a government that is a captive of the banks. It's not a government of the people, by the people, for the people. It's a government of the banks, by the banks, for the banks.”

“Censorship, in my view, is the worst evil that can befall a free society.”

“The dirty little secret is that both houses of Congress are irrelevant... The real criminals in this society are not the people who populate the prisons across the state, but the people who have stolen the wealth of the world.”

“Capitalism unchecked is a recipe for disaster.”

“The Cold War was a massive distraction from the real issues that plagued the United States.”