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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Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
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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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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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Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
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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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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.
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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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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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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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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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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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