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" There are nuclear-weapons-free zones in several parts of the world already, except that they're not implemented fully, because the U.S. won't allow it. "
Noam Chomsky
Except
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" In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands. "
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" The term 'globalisation' is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests. "
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" Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily, and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society. "
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" The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant. "
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" By curious accident of history and geography, the world's major energy resources are located pretty much in Shiite regions. They're a minority in the Middle East, but they happen to be where the oil is, right around the northern part of the Gulf. "
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" The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education is free. France, education is free. "
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" If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if you care only about yourself. "
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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. So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine. "
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" Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial Kurdish issue. "
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" The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers. "
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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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You
Science
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" Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke violence in response, and often does. "
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Well
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" Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear. "
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Relief
Breathe
" Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy. "
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War
Fighting
" It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we've seen with the Internet's development. "
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Library
Internet
Go
" State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome. "
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Consequences
Overcome
" The old-fashioned idea is that responsibility falls upon those who borrow and lend. Money was not borrowed by campesinos, assembly plant workers, or slum-dwellers. The mass of the population gained little from borrowing, indeed often suffered grievously from its effects. "
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Money
Workers
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" If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you. "
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Impress
You
Teacher
" I don't like the intellectual label. "
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Intellectual
Label
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" After the ignominious collapse of the Copenhagen global climate change summit in 2009, Bolivia organised a People's Summit with 35,000 participants from 140 countries - not just representatives of governments, but also civil society and activists. "
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" In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society. "
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" I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their courageous protests against state terror and repression. "
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" Suppose I criticise Iran. What impact does that have? The only impact it has is in fortifying those who want to carry out policies I don't agree with, like bombing. "
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" Terrorists regard themselves as a vanguard. They're trying to mobilize others to their cause. I mean, every specialist on terrorism knows that. "
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Terrorism
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" After my first year of college, each course I took in every field was so boring that I didn't even go to the classes. "
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" The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase. "
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" The western mantra is that Israel seeks negotiations without preconditions, while the Palestinians refuse. The opposite is more accurate. "
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Israel
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" The 'peace movement' exists only in the fantasies of the paranoid. "
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Paranoid
Only
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" In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region. "
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