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How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?

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We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indisc...more

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There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States.

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So long as atrocities remain remote, abstract, they will be tolerated, even by decent people.

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There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

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Before God and high heaven, is there a law for one man which is not a law for every other man?

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What struck me as I began to study history was how nationalist fervor--inculcated from childhood on by pledges of allegiance, national anthems, flags ...more

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The argument that there are just wars often rests on the social system of the nation engaging in war. It is supposed that if a ‘liberal’ state is at w...more

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The government is an artificial creation, established by the people to defend everyone's equal right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. A...more

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We need to expose the motives of our political leaders, point out their connections to corporate power, show how huge profits are being made out of de...more

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When private bands of fanatics commit atrocities we call them "terrorists," which they are, and have no trouble dismissing their reasons. But when gov...more

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Against the claims of a violent "human nature" there is enormous historical evidence that people, when free of a manufactured nationalist or religious...more

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I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience...War is n...more

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Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often...more

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History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But k...more