Ralph Peters

If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

— Ralph Peters

We [Americans] choose not to understand the world on terms other than our own.

— Ralph Peters

We [the U.S.] think nothing…of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.

— Ralph Peters

The message of Vietnam is not that Americans will not take casualties; it is that the American people do not want the lives of their sons and daughters wasted.

— Ralph Peters

We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not.

— Ralph Peters

There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).

— Ralph Peters

Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.

— Ralph Peters

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.

— Ralph Peters