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 CHOMSKYWanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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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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I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR.
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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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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 truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
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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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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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If you’re working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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