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.
NOAM CHOMSKYWhen 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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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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While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
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NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson’s investment theory of politics, as he calls it – very outstanding political economist – which essentially.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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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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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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The leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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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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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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