Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
NOAM CHOMSKYIntellectuals 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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There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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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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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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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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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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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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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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