Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it’s hardly a traditional political party anymore.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
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The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
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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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In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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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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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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Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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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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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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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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