" Today both the Democratic and Republican parties support the expansive US Empire as well as the neoconservatives’ agitation for a perpetual Global War on Terror. The disagreement we hear between the two parties is only regarding management style and is designed to use political failures and unintended consequences to enhance the power and influence of one party relative to the other. "

― Ron Paul , Swords into Plowshares: A Life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and Prosperity