There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
NOAM CHOMSKYEven the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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I don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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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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The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.
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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
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John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he’s regarded as the dean of Cold War scholarship.
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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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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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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