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.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
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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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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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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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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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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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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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I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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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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