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.
NOAM CHOMSKYI 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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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
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It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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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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They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
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But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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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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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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