"It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state."
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"The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself."
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"A basic principle of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized."
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"It doesn't matter how much you learn in school; it's whether you learn how to go on and do things by yourself. And that can be done at any level."
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"If something is repeated over and over as obvious, the chances are that it is obviously false."
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"If anybody thinks they should listen to me because I'm a professor at MIT, that's nonsense. You should decide whether something makes sense by its content, not by the letters after the name of the person who says it."
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"Moral cowardice and intellectual corruption are the natural concomitants of unchallenged privilege."
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"Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in the region which is controlled by Indian armed forces. This is feeding right back into society even in the domain of elementary civil rights."
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"You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption."
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"What is called 'capitalism'is basically a system of corporate mercantilism, with huge and largely unaccountable private tyrannies exercising vast control over the economy, political systems, and social and cultural life, operating in close cooperation with powerful states that intervene massively in the domestic economy and international society."
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"One of the greatest dangers is secular religion - state worship."
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"Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?"
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"For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit."
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"Growth is a funny sort of concept. For example, our GNP increases every time we build a prison. Well, okay, it's growth in a sense."
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"If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal."
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"Hillary Clinton was the one pressing the hardest for bombing, and look at what happened. They not only destroyed the country, but Libya has become the center for jihad all over Africa and the Middle East. It's a total disaster in every respect, but it does not matter. Look at the so-called global war on terror."
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"The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations."
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"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."
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"Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so."
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"We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas."
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