"I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It’s a cruel and evil government." ― Doris Lessing Topic(s): Government More From Doris Lessing "September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn’t that terrible." "You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can’t say I do like it very much." "Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse." More In Government "Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force."― Sheikh Hasina "But here too it should be noted that the President’s approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade."― Barney Frank "Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."― James Russell Lowell