It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, London has become the libel capital of the world.Richard Dawkins
The Latin American debt that reached crisis levels from 1982 would have been sharply reduced by return of flight capital - in some cases, overcome, though all figures are dubious for these secret and often illegal operations.Noam Chomsky
When I look at public opinion, I'm not far out of the mainstream. I'm in it, in many respects. In some respects, public opinion goes beyond anything I've ever said.Noam Chomsky
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.Noam Chomsky
I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.Thomas Jefferson
I'm not saying that women leaders would eliminate violence. We are not more moral than men; we are only uncorrupted by power so far. When we do acquire power, we might turn out to have an equal impulse toward aggression.Gloria Steinem
'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.Abraham Lincoln
The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.Abraham Lincoln
