Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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If workers are more insecure, that’s very ‘healthy’ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations’ economic health.
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