There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
NOAM CHOMSKYEven the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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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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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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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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Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.
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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
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That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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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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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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