I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
NOAM CHOMSKYThey come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
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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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When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
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NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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