The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things.Salman Rushdie
People who criticize power in the Jewish community are regarded the way Ahab treated Elijah: You're a traitor.Noam Chomsky
I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism.Tom Stoppard