Formation: 1921; 98 years ago
Type: Public policy think tank
Revenue (2015): $101,553,200
Expenses (2015): $69,931,200
Its membership, which numbers 4,900, has included senior politicians, more than a dozen secretaries of state, CIA directors, bankers, lawyers, professors and senior media figures. It is known for its neoconservatism and neoliberalism leanings.

"[CFR's mission is to be] a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries."
― CFR

"To say we were striving for a one-world government is exaggerated, but not wholly unfair. Those of us in Bilderberg felt we couldn't go on forever fighting one another for nothing and killing people and rendering millions homeless. So we felt that a single community throughout the world would be a Good Thing™."
― Denis Healey, a Bilderberg group founder

"[T]he common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialized class whose personal interests reach beyond the locality."
― Former CFR board member Walter Lippman,
Public Opinion (1922)

"Karl Rove is the president. We meet every month on the full moon... [at] the Masonic Temple. We have the ritual: Karl brings the incense, I bring the live lamb and the long knife, and we began... with a pledge of allegiance to the Trilateral Commission."
― Charles Krauthammer

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