Charlie Wilson's War Quotes

“But the terrible truth is that the group of sleeping lions that the United States roused may well have inspired an entire generation of militant young Muslims to believe that the moment is theirs.”
― George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War

“On every front, the CIA was turning its guerrillas into a far smarter and more lethal fighting force.”
― George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War

“Operating in the black market is like trying to get laid in a city you don't know. In a strange city, if you have enough money, you're bound to find something, but there might be a disease contracted, you might get rolled or arrested, and there's no telling how much it will cost. With you wife, its predictable and in a steady quantity.”
― George Crile III, Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times

“Moderation in the pursuit of liberty is no virtue;”
― George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War

“it is our sacred duty to make valuable the lives that these people are laying down.”
― George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War

“United States roused may well have inspired an entire generation of militant young Muslims to believe that the moment is theirs.”
― George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War

“Juchniewicz silenced Cogan with a communiqué of unusual clarity: “Higher authority wants a mean fucker in the job.”
― George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War

“What Avrakotos says he found particularly distasteful about the British spies were “the fucking teas. Can you believe it, they interrupted meetings every day at three-thirty or four for tea and cookies.”
― George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War

“I do,” he remembers the matronly lady saying. “You haven’t missed much. She’s such a greedy cunt.” Wilson says he had a hard time keeping himself from spitting the soup out on the table. When he recovered, he said in his most courtly manner, “Baroness, I think you and I are going to have a lovely evening.”
― George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War