Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
NOAM CHOMSKYDissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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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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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can’t explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
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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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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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But I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.
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If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia – that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.
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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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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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There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
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