There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.
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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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France 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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I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR.
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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.
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The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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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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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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