The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
NOAM CHOMSKYEducation must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
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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.
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If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia – that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.
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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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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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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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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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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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One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson’s investment theory of politics, as he calls it – very outstanding political economist – which essentially.
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