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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.
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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual.
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It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal – hardly inspiring – standards of political conduct.
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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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While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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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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Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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