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Right Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It is also unusual…
- The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence.
- If something is right (or wrong) for us, it’s right (or wrong) for others. It follows that if it’s wrong for Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and…
- ... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,…
- There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist about the word…
- How do I define God? I don't.... People who find such conceptions important for themselves have every right to frame them as they like. Personally,…
- Suppose that the US really is trying to get rid of drugs in Colombia. Does Colombia then have the right to fumigate tobacco farms in…
- The person who wins the Nobel Prize is not the person who read the most journal articles and took the most notes on them. It's…
- The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The general public are…
- The death penalty can be tolerated only by extreme statist reactionaries who demand a state that is so powerful that it has the right to…
- Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting himself as a…
- The 14th Amendment was recognized right away to be problematic. The concept of person was both too narrow and too broad, and the courts went…
- When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, the U.N. vetoed several resolutions right away, calling for an end to the fighting and so on, and that…
- Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence…
- Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the legality of the…
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