”That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” he continued. ”We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”
Who Said This QuickQuiz:
- A senior adviser to Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- A senior adviser to King George III
- A senior adviser to Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels
- A senior adviser to President George W. Bush
Since first prize for the correct answer is a life-time supply of surveillance with an optional surprise trip to Gitmo, I’d advise answering 1, 2 or 3.