Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
NOAM CHOMSKYHistory shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
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The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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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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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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Perhaps 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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Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.
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It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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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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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR.
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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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