By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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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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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
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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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Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us.
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Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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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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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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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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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 drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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