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The 1953 coup was a catastrophe which slammed him [Mosaddegh] to floor, and from which Iran never fully recovered — Christopher De Bellaigue

If our financial industry regarded security the way the health-care sector does, I would stuff my cash in a mattress under my bed. — Avi Rubin

One gift, one time--that's bribery. Lots of gifts over a long time--that's politics.'-- Roland Vanatua, from The Coup — Jamie Malanowski

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup. — Barbara Tuchman

Electing a black president was probably the only coup America could pull off. — Nick Nolte

In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia. — John McCain

NATO cannot accept that the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine has not led to the subjugation of the whole Ukrainian nation. — Sergei Lavrov

It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy. — Gore Vidal

Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion. — Will Rogers

Public television goes dark only in two circumstances: when a country is occupied by foreign forces or when there is a coup. — Alexis Tsipras

This is a revolution not a coup . It is either unconditional surrender or we will take down the garrison — Che Guevera

I'm very disappointed by the mature-democracy countries. I was ousted by a coup d'etat. — Thaksin Shinawatra

Genevieve's stomach gave an unpleasant flop. There was no mistaking that feeling. She was jealous. Damn it. — Rosalie Lario

The goal of God is to increase His people; both the quantity and the quality of believers — Sunday Adelaja

Pinochet took power in a 1973 military coup that the United States supported. — Elliott Abrams

Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one. — David Pietrusza

Gadhafi's vicious regime has left Libya far worse than he found it on the day of his coup in 1969. — Elliott Abrams

There are no tragedies in life, only violent coup d'etats on the state of irrational optimism — Dean Cavanagh

Never say never, but there are not enough hours in the day! — Michelle Mone

I was even accused of teaching the chimps how to fish for termites which I mean that would have been such a brilliant coup. — Jane Goodall

A successful coup ain't a treason. — Toba Beta

I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government. — Ferdinand Marcos

The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup. — Mikhail Gorbachev

At 68 I'm every age I ever was. I always think of that. I'm not just 68. I'm also 55 and 21 and three. Oh especially three. — George Carlin

This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is. — Fay Vincent

What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat. — Margaret Thatcher

After the 1960 royal coup, I spent time in India - including three years in prison. — Sushil Koirala

I'm about to enter a national ass-kicking contest. With no legs. And a massive ass. — Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The word he used was coup, and I'm not speaking French just to arouse you. — Jim Lynch

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale. — Jalal Talabani

One didn't discuss plans for a coup while standing in the elevator, no matter who owned the building. — D.B. Reynolds

Truth that peeps Over the glass's edge when dinner's done. — Robert Browning

I admire and look up to heroes, but indolent men make the best lovers. — Harriette Wilson

Iran, Ireland, Israel. That's three countries, four religions that HATE each other. Way to go, 'I'. — Jon Stewart

Memory is the scribe of the soul — Aristotle.

Don't underestimate her ability to talk, it's her superpower. — Carrie Vaughn

The greatest propaganda coup of the American Right has been to convince its citizens that we are in the grip of a liberal conspiracy. — Shane Smith

I don't have the temperament of a performer, and I certainly couldn't do it every night. — Tom Lehrer