NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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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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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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Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa’s major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.
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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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