"The United States has a long and bloody history of intervention in the affairs of other countries, often with devastating consequences."

"The point is that we should be trying to create a world in which we don't have to choose between bad and worse."

"The whole concept of 'national interest' is a fraud. It's a concept that's used to justify the interests of the powerful."

"The intellectual's role is to speak the truth and to expose lies."

"Terrorism is the weapon of the weak."