It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.

- Andrew Bacevich

For the majority of contemporary Americans, the essence of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness centers on a relentless personal quest to acqu…

- Andrew Bacevich

Rejection would be a disaster for the U.S., but ratification alone will not end our problems in Iraq. Even if the constitution is ratified, the insur…

- Andrew Bacevich

I began to appreciate that authentic truth is never simple and that any version of truth handed down from on high - whether by presidents, prime mini…

- Andrew Bacevich

In present-day America, expressing reverence for those who serve in uniform is something akin to a religious obligation. Everyone professes to cheris…

- Andrew Bacevich

The folly and hubris of the policy makers who heedlessly thrust the nation into an ill-defined and open-ended 'global war on terror' without the fogg…

- Andrew Bacevich

You know, we live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there's remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost, even though …

- Andrew Bacevich

The U.S. has become a defacto one-party state, with the legislative branch permanently controlled by an incumbent's party and every president exploit…

- Andrew Bacevich

We are squandering our wealth. In many respects, to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions, we're also going to squander our freedom...

- Andrew Bacevich