Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe 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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There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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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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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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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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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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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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