There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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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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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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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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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In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.
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NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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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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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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