Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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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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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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There’s a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn’t count the votes right, and so on.
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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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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 Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second is to maintain high employment.
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Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.
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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 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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There’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction – that is, the hatred and the anger.
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