"I'd like to vote for the candidate similar……" — Glenn Greenwald
"I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is."
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82 Quotes by Glenn Greenwald
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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…
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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…
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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]…
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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,…
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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…
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The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims…
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It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the…
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We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are…
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It appears to me that those who rely simply on the weight of authority to prove any assertion, without searching…
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The absurdly neurotic role you and the rest of your kind have always attributed to me Erato, the Goddess Muse…
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Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.
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The role of Ronald Reagan had been deliberately diminished; the role of the Europeans, who, with the exception of Helmet…
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To win respect, the networks seem to feel they have to keep absurdly overstating their anchors' reporting cred
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QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily…
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Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate…
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Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide…
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Great creativity is astonishingly, absurdly, rationally, irrationally powerful.
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Cadavers and spirits are human refuse, and they are absurdly difficult to dispose of properly. When someone dies, a small…
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