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- States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
- Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
- The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control - 'indoctrination,' we might say - exercised…
- States are not moral agents.
- As a Zionist youth leader in the 1940s, I was among those who called for a binational state in Mandatory Palestine. When a Jewish state…
- 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…
- State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.
- In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities,…
- The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.
- There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism.
- 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…
- For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade.
- Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by…
- The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence.
- It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of the moon being…
- States are violent institutions. The government of any country, including ours, represents some sort of domestic power structure, and it's usually violent. States are violent…
- Remember, the U.S. is a powerful state, it's not like Libya. If Libya wants to carry out terrorist acts, they hire Carlos the Jackal or…
- Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain…
- The media want to maintain their intimate relation to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to get invited to the press conferences.…
- Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is straightforward: a despotic…
- Globalization is the result of powerful governments, especially that of the United States, pushing trade deals and other accords down the throats of the world’s…
- In much of the world the U.S. is regarded as a leading terrorist state.
- Nothing can justify crimes such as those of September 11, but we can think of the United States as an innocent victim only if we…
- ... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,…
- The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of authority…
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- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur