Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
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The term ‘globalisation’ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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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 there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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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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Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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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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