Quotes by : George Packer

This isn't to deny that there were fierce arguments, at the time and ever since, about the causes and....

The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't....

When I interviewed Paul Bremer in his office, he had almost no books on his shelves. He had a couple....

Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare....

The similarities are limited but real. They amount to a shared disgust with politics as usual in America.....

It's essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won....

The Olympics are never just about sports.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish,....

This malignant persistence since September 11th is the biggest surprise of all. In previous decades,....

No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect....