It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal – hardly inspiring – standards of political conduct.
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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Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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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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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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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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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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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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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 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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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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