Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
NOAM CHOMSKYThey 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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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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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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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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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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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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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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Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.
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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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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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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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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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