I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
NOAM CHOMSKYRomania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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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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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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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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So 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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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson’s investment theory of politics, as he calls it – very outstanding political economist – which essentially.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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