If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
NOAM CHOMSKYTwo days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
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There’s a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn’t count the votes right, and so on.
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