John Perkins Quote

As soon as one of the anti-American presidents is elected, one of us goes in and says, Hey, congratulations Mr. President. Now that you are president, I just want to tell you that I can make you very, very rich, you and your family. It's several million dollars in this pocket, if you play the game our way. If you decide not to, over in this pocket, I've got a gun with a bullet with your name on it, in case you decide to keep your campaign promises and throw us out. Sell our oil companies your oil real cheap, or vote with us at the next UN vote, or send troops in support of ours to some place in the world such as Iraq, and in that way, we have managed to build a world empire with very few people actually knowing that we have done this.

Zeitgeist Addendum (2008)