Alexander Cockburn Quotes

A 'just war' is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience.

Alexander Cockburn

Quotes to Explore

It gets very tiring when you are filming and then taken to a room to do school work. I never get any rest time. It is either work or school. Once you are an adult, you get to take a nap in between shots.

Cameron Bright
- Time
- Work
- School
I don't like possessions.

Daniel Barenboim
- Like
- Possessions
Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.

Samantha Power
- World
- Together
- Best
That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. Sometimes they'll put sandbags there, but then it's even funnier because you're walking and you're, like, stepping into sandbags, so now you look like you're having a seizure.

Laura Benanti
- Me
- Acting
- Walking
When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.

Haile Gebrselassie
- Up
- Morning
- Give
Even though I resigned as Papandreou's adviser early in 2006 and turned into his government's staunchest critic during his mishandling of the post-2009 Greek implosion, my public interventions in the debate on Greece and Europe have carried no whiff of Marxism.

Yanis Varoufakis
- Government
- Greek
- Debate