Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world. Votes: 0
American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898. Votes: 0
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below. Votes: 0
I didn't pay my taxes for years. Votes: 0
Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything. Votes: 0
Pakistan is not a unified country. Votes: 0
Civil disobedience is - it's no fun. Votes: 0
Obama, of course, outspent McCain. Votes: 0
The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism. Votes: 0
On October 15, 1965, an estimated 70,000 people took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations. Votes: 0
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. Votes: 0
States are not moral agents. Votes: 0
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. Votes: 0
The evangelicals. . . . If all they want is gold Cadillacs and sex and so on, no big problem. Votes: 0
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. Votes: 0
The escalation to attack undefended civilian targets is just a classic illustration of terrorism. Votes: 0
Ontological questions are generally beside the point, hardly more than a form of harassment. Votes: 0
The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that. Votes: 0
The one state/two state debate is irrelevant as Israel and the US consolidate Greater Israel. Votes: 0
Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence. Votes: 0
If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long. Votes: 0
A siege is an act of war. Votes: 0
Tough love is just the right phrase: love for the rich and privileged, tough for everyone else. Votes: 0
The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world. Votes: 0
The poorest country in South America, Bolivia, had been devastated by neoliberal economic policies. Votes: 0
Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice. Votes: 0
For many of the world's conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement. Votes: 0
There's never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it's mostly a fabrication. Votes: 0
The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide. Votes: 0
Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled. Votes: 0
As long as nuclear weapons exist, the chances of survival of the human species are quite slight Votes: 0
Capitalism denies the right to live. You have only the right to remain on the labour market. Votes: 0
Education is imposed ignorance. Votes: 0
Ever since I've had any political awareness, I've felt either alone or part of a tiny minority. Votes: 0
Fed and electoral college could use some tinkering, but they are not the source of the problems. Votes: 0
Governments are not representative. Votes: 0
Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves. Votes: 0
I agree with Bill Clinton that US forces should not be sent to Haiti, but not for his reasons. Votes: 0
I do not feel that we should set up PEOPLE as "models"; rather actions, thoughts, principles. Votes: 0
I don't like the intellectual label. Votes: 0
I don't want followers. Votes: 0
I get terrific health care. Votes: 0
If something is repeated over and over as obvious, the chances are that it is obviously false. Votes: 0
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are. Votes: 0
In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands. Votes: 0
It is not a war. It is murder. Votes: 0
It is only natural to expect that guilds will tend to "protect their turf" and to resist challenge. Votes: 0
It may be beyond the limits of human intelligence to understand how human intelligence works. Votes: 0
It's only terrorism if they do it to us. When we do much worse to them, it's not terrorism. Votes: 0
I've been interested in the reports on Rojava. It seems clear that there are positive developments. Votes: 0
Moral cowardice and intellectual corruption are the natural concomitants of unchallenged privilege. Votes: 0
Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself. Votes: 0
One of the benefits of a properly functioning democracy is minority rights and majority rule. Votes: 0
People are capable of seeing the deceit they're ensnared in. They just have to make the effort. Votes: 0
The attack on unions has been far more extreme here [in U.S], and it has been much more successful. Votes: 0
The 'corporatization of America' during the past century [has been] an attack on democracy. Votes: 0
The drones are a terrorist weapon, they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people. Votes: 0
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know. Votes: 0
The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy. Votes: 0
There is kind of a fundamental conformity, which is a virtual requirement to enter into the media. Votes: 0
Unfortunately, you can't vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place Votes: 0
We need not stride resolutely towards catastrophe, merely because those are the marching orders. Votes: 0
We're now in a situation in which Capital is highly mobile and Labour is basically immobile. Votes: 0
We're supposed to worship Adam Smith but you're not supposed to read him. That's too dangerous. Votes: 0
The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming. Votes: 0
People tend to rally around power. Votes: 0