Occupation: Linguist Birth: December 7, 1928
Anything that you are achieving that undermines and threatens systems of power will meet with oppression. Systems of power don't say 'thank you.' Wha….
If there are lessons to be drawn from the sciences, then that should be the concern of everyone, including scientists to the extent that they can mak….
I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which was really sa….
Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy..
I have trouble reading modern Hebrew. In the 1950s, I could read anything. I don't know how much experience you've had with contemporary Hebrew. It's….
Cuba forces in Angola gave a real shot in the arm to the liberation movements, and it also was a lesson to the white South Africans that the end is c….
Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lap….
I don't feel that there is anything deep in the political culture that prevents "educating the masses." I'm old enough to recall vividly the high lev….
Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against..
The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go into the elegant apartments and get a stockbrok….
It takes one minute to tell a lie, and an hour to refute it..
Unaccountable private power concentrations that dominate economic and social life have the means to seek to "regiment the public mind," and become "t….
If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wire….
The Zionist movement based in Palestine pretty much took over the camps and instituted the policy that every man and woman between the ages of sevent….
If you sell me a car, we have perhaps made a good bargain for ourselves. But there are effects of this transaction on others, which we do not take in….
A big producer can survive price fluctuations on the world market. A small farmer can't..
Education is not for profit. If you're not in education for profit, it's not going to be a fair critique for education..
Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had sh….
If you accept the institutional lunacy, then the policies are rational..
The two countries [Pakistan and India] have already come close to nuclear confrontation twice and this could get worse. So dealing with the relations….
If there are dollars to be made, you destroy the environment. The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be harmed by this are your grandc….