Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
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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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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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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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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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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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It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
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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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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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The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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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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