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NOAM CHOMSKY The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg p...
NOAM CHOMSKY The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the O...
NOAM CHOMSKY If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers ...
NOAM CHOMSKY The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but i...
NOAM CHOMSKY The term 'globalisation' is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-ri...
NOAM CHOMSKY In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in ...
NOAM CHOMSKY When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. ...
NOAM CHOMSKY Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop mea...
NOAM CHOMSKY My father was a great sympathizer of Ahad Ha'am. Every Friday night we would read Hebrew togethe...
NOAM CHOMSKY Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and re...
NOAM CHOMSKY Somebody will be able to overcome any encryption technique you use!
NOAM CHOMSKY I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.
NOAM CHOMSKY Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let...
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