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Amusing and perfectly self-conscious charlatans.
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky
Age: 95
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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We should therefore be opposed to institutional barriers to that freedom: Military dictatorships, for example. Or states run by a Central Committee.
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The United States is going to continue to punish Iran because of its defiance.
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Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative.
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Every great power, every aggressive power has always regarded itself as exceptional and as doing things only for the most moral ends.
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