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 shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.Noam Chomsky
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.Ernest Hemingway
There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.Noam Chomsky
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.Martin Luther King Jr.
A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S.Noam Chomsky
The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.Barack Obama
There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more or less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.George Orwell
When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.Honoré de Balzac
