Roger Cohen Professions : Journalist Born : August 2, 1955 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Roger Cohen Interventionism is inextricable from the American idea. If the United States retreats into isolationism, it ceases to be itself ? a nation dedicated, however much it falls short, to a universalist ideal of freedom. Roger Cohen united-states ideas fall Never underestimate the human capacity for delusion. Roger Cohen underestimate human-nature capacity The modern world’s tech-giddy control and facilitation makes us stupid. Awareness atrophies. Dumb gets dumber. Lists are everywhere – the five things you need to know about so-and-so; the eight essential qualities of such-and-such; the 11 delights of somewhere or other. We demand shortcuts, as if there are shortcuts to genuine experiences. These lists are meaningless. Roger Cohen eight dumb stupid The riveting moral power of the Arab Spring comes from its homegrown quality. This is about Arabs overcoming fear to become agents of their own transformation and liberation. Roger Cohen quality overcoming spring Iraq and Afghanistan have exacted a toll on America - in lives, treasure and standing - that it will take a generation to work through. Roger Cohen iraq generations america Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls the world. Roger Cohen conspiracy force world Conspiracy theories are the refuge of the disempowered. Roger Cohen conspiracy-theory conspiracy theory Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors
