MICHAEL BERG QUOTES

American activist (1945- )

As long as people use violence to combat violence, we will always have violence.

MICHAEL BERG

interview, CNN, Jun. 8, 2006

Tags: violence


That's what is happening every time we kill an Iraqi, every time we kill anyone, we are creating a large number of people who are going to want vengeance. And, you know, when are we ever going to learn that that doesn't work?

MICHAEL BERG

interview, CNN, Jun. 8, 2006


Under Saddam Hussein, no al Qaeda. Under George Bush, al Qaeda. Under Saddam Hussein, relative stability. Under George Bush, instability. Under Saddam Hussein, about 30,000 deaths a year. Under George Bush, about 60,000 deaths a year. I don't get it. Why is it better to have George Bush the king of Iraq rather than Saddam Hussein?

MICHAEL BERG

interview, CNN, Jun. 8, 2006

Tags: Iraq War