Michael Parenti Quotes

Julius Caesar was an aristocrat who sided with the Roman people. He's not my hero, but he was one of a long line of what we'll call 'populares,' which were popular leaders who tried to institute these reforms that the people were fighting for.

- Michael Parenti

I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists.

- Michael Parenti

I'm not one of those critics that believes U.S. foreign policy is confused, or stupid, or misinformed, or well-intentioned but it goes awry. I think it's a brilliant policy filled with many brilliant, terrible, horrible victories.

- Michael Parenti

I have never seen John Kerry give anything but an engineered response.

- Michael Parenti