Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 George F. Kennan quotesGeorge F. Kennan QuotesGeorge F. Kennan The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas -- complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, always vulnerable to misinterpretation and abuse.~ George F. Kennan Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy.~ George F. Kennan Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not a possibility in the modern age.~ George F. Kennan Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print