In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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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 stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
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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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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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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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The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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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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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
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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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