The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
NOAM CHOMSKYFrance had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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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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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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It could be – and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don’t like it – that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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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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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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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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