It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.
NOAM CHOMSKYYou have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
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Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.
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The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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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.
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