“I am sort of drawn toward places in the world where there is struggle ...” — Anderson Cooper Quote

“I am sort of drawn toward places in the world where there is struggle and conflict.”

“No one else will really care, but I missed the wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Also the war in Chechnya.”

“I think my mom and dad both wanted to get across to me that... I obviously grew up with great privilege and was very lucky and was able to afford college and not have student loans, and they would pay for college, but beyond that, it would be up to me to make a living.”

“The conflict is not between the people and the antiwar movement, but between the people and the government.”

“It's important to be able to speak directly to people, have real conflict and resolve it.”

“Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.”