I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
NOAM CHOMSKYNATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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A tremendous amount of the entrepreneurial initiative, if you want to call it that, comes from the dynamic state sector on which most of the economy relies to socialize costs and risks and privatize eventual profit. And that’s achieved by, if you like, advertising.
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The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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But I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.
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Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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