Hegemony Quotes

(on the administration of President George Bush and its invasion of Iraq) "For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that (this) administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that`s reprehensible. I don`t think, like many of us, that the reasons we have been given for going to war are the honest reasons. If they are saying it`s about the fact they have biological weapons and might have nuclear weapons and that gives us the liberty to pre-empt and strike because we think they might hit us, then what prevents Pakistan from attacking India, what prevents India from attacking Pakistan, what prevents us from going into North Korea? I believe--though I may wrong because I am no expert--that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil."

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I`m no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

That was a real slap in the face. I think they perceive Microsoft as part of Western hegemony somehow.

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things.

We have no weapons of mass destruction and the whole world knows that but Bush wants to impose his hegemony on the world and subject Iraq to his rule,