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Government, People

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example.

- Timothy McVeigh

Other quotes by Timothy McVeigh


Bombing the Murrah Federal Building was morally and strategically equivalent to the U.S. hitting a government building in Serbia, Iraq, or other nations.

- Timothy McVeigh

Based on observations of the policies of my own government, I viewed this action as an acceptable option.

- Timothy McVeigh

When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy.

- Timothy McVeigh

I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation.

- Timothy McVeigh

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