The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
NOAM CHOMSKYYou 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.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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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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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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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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It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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If workers are more insecure, that’s very ‘healthy’ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations’ economic health.
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Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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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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The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.
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