People who think God is on their side are capable of the most inhumane acts. (Petrov)

just let Mitch be Mitch

[He] saw communism for the sham that it was--a bunch of brutes who seized power in the name of the people, only to repress the very people they claimed to champion.

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.

Anybody who knew me growing up calls me Vinny.

...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people.

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.