Dead Wrong Quotes

“•There is still an active focus on media propaganda in the U.S. by Intelligence agencies to discredit conspiracy theories and solidify the official version of historical events;”
― Richard Belzer, Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups

“There are those in positions of power who malign the pursuit of justice by intentionally associating the word “conspiracy” with the delirious hallucinations of unbalanced minds. They’re wrong. The real-world definition of conspiracy is simply two or more persons agreeing to commit a crime. In short, they are everywhere, a constant component of daily events throughout our history, and are by no means the restless imaginings of an over-attentive audience.”
― Richard Belzer, Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups

“So why are we still being lied to about these cases? They seem to be missing a basic point about Democracy— they are our employees. They’re employed by us— We, The People. How dare they withhold the truth from us!”
― Richard Belzer, Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups

“A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
― Richard Belzer, Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups

“What’s happening in our country? The First Amendment clearly states that “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech.” But it was recently abridged anyway. It wasn’t covered much in the media but a new bill, HR 347, was recently passed by Congress and quietly signed into law by President Obama that gives federal agents sweeping powers and now makes it a felony offense for the crime of standing and protesting, determined at the discretion of the Secret Service. As Judge Andrew Napolitano put it, “it is a part of American history since Day One that we have a right to speak freely to, about and against those in the government.” But we no longer have it.”
― Richard Belzer, Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups