False Flag Operation

Famous quotes containing the words false, flag and/or operation:

“Passions spin the plot:
We are betrayed by what is false within.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)

“There’s an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)

“It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)