Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
NOAM CHOMSKYBut 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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John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he’s regarded as the dean of Cold War scholarship.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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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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When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements.
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You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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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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It 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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The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
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