Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
NOAM CHOMSKYEvery 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 elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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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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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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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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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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