The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
NOAM CHOMSKYSo slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument 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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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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You 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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Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.
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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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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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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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