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.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.
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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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Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’
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Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements.
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The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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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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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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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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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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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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