"NATO was constructed on the - with the……" — Noam Chomsky
"NATO was constructed on the - with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault. Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?"
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588 Quotes by Noam Chomsky
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If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
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Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.
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Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound…
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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If you don't like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an…
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How many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, holdups, burglaries and deeds of maniacal insanity it causes each year, especially among…
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Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way…
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So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still…
— Alistair Cooke
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Problems assault us to the degree they preoccupy us. The key to release, rest, and inner freedom is not the…
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Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of…
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Form is all we have to help us cope with fundamentally chaotic facts and assaults. Formulating something is a great…
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Whilst accidents and assaults injure and kill people quickly and spectacularly, bullying and consequent prolonged negative stress injure and kill…
— Tim Field
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Evil must be attacked by. . . the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.
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This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not…
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