I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt 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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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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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis 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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Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West.
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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There’s a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn’t count the votes right, and so on.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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I don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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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 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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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
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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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