What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. 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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The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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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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They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
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