It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
NOAM CHOMSKYPerhaps 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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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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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.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal – hardly inspiring – standards of political conduct.
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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
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I mean, to say it in a sentence, he describes elections as occasions in which groups of investors coalesce and invest to control the state.
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The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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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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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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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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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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