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Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.
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History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to…
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The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything—on terrorism, drugs, even poverty—has certainly helped to desensitize us to…
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The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that's…
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Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.
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It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.
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He's the President—it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.
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When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.
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A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can…
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Fearlessness can be its own form of power.
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For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.
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I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is.
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Acting is a really insular thing.
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An insular country, subject to fogs, and with a powerful middle class, requires grave statesmen.
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The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.
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I’m aware of the- the fact that people elsewhere in the world think differently from us. I can sort of see us,…
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When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular…
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of…
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and…
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The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light.
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Et Tu, Babe' was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer's life was solitary and insular, and I was happy…
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When you live in America, it's kind of insular - the news coverage that you get - unless you're really smart about…
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