Two 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.
NOAM CHOMSKYWhile the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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The Oslo Accords in 1993 determined that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are a single territorial entity which cannot be divided.
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It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.
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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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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.
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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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I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can’t explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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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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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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The leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.
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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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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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