If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
NOAM CHOMSKYI like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
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There’s a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn’t count the votes right, and so on.
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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.
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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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So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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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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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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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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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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