The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia – that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.
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It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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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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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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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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I don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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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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The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
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Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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