As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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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Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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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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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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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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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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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
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I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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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’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
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