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" If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. "

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" I admire Ralph Nader and Denis Kucinich very much, and insofar as they bring up issues and carry out an educational and organisational function - that's important, and fine, and I support it. "

" Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. "

" Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections. "

" The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide. "

" As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss. "

" I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere. "

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" Unlike Iran, Israel refuses to allow inspections at all, refuses to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has hundreds of nuclear weapons, has advanced delivery systems. "

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" Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. "

" 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. "

" It was during the Reagan years that defiance of international law and the U.N. Charter became entirely open. "

" In November 2008, the day of the presidential election, Israeli military forces invaded Gaza and killed half a dozen Hamas militants. Well, that was followed by a missile exchange for a couple of weeks in both directions. "

" Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence. "

" WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor. "

" Egypt is the second-largest recipient over a long period of U.S. military and economic aid. Israel is first. "

" The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important. "

" I don't think a Jewish or Christian or Islamic state is a proper concept. I would object to the United States as a Christian state. "

" Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq. "

" Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense. "

" Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: 'What is the scientific status of the claims?' 'What social or ideological needs do they serve?' "

" It's a good idea to revitalize community colleges, to cut back, to modify the student loan program so it doesn't go through banks. "

" In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population. "

" The West Bank is essentially imprisoned. "

" You go back to the 17th century, the commercial and industrial centers of the world were China and India. "

" I didn't pay my taxes for years. "

" I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that. "

" By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti. "

" Today, we have private airline companies, but if you take a look at a Boeing plane next time you travel, you'll see that you are basically taking a ride on a modified bomber. "

" It is easy to dismiss the world as 'irrelevant,' or consumed by 'paranoid anti-Americanism,' but perhaps not wise. "