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en Our democracy is not perfect. But it's better than the bloody dictatorships. Capitalism is unjust. But it's not criminal like Stalinism. We let millions of Africans die of AIDS, but we don't make racist nationalist declarations like Milosevic. We kill Iraqis with our airplanes, but we don't cut their throats with machetes like they do in Rwanda, etc.

en Rwanda's health issues are severe, but there is a willingness to learn. This program addresses and does research in the area of AIDS and disseminates it throughout Rwanda and Africa.

en I think the programs, in the long run, are helpful in guiding Iraqis toward stable democracy. Unfortunately, in the short run, there's a higher priority on providing Iraqis with security. And much of the funds that may have been available before for these programs were diverted, I think, to protect Iraqis. And I think that's logical because you can't practice democracy if personal security is perpetually at risk.

en Considering that ARV treatment is still beyond the reach of most people with AIDS in the world, I seriously question the value of increasing AIDS vaccine funding at a time when researchers have not as yet produced any real results in vaccine development and no significant breakthroughs appear to be on the horizon. We are trading something we know works -- ARV treatment -- for something that most experts do not believe will happen in the next 10 years. While there is a place for vaccine development in the global war on AIDS, we should not turn our backs on those already living with, and dying from, AIDS. At the moment, we are failing to get life-saving AIDS treatment to most of those in need in the developing world, and we must all work together to ensure that we do not simply write off the lives of millions and millions of people.

en [Hickel:] Karl Marx's key error is the idea that capitalism develops according to laws, that these laws are described by the tendency of the profit rate to drop, and that in the long run the system must collapse. This hypothesis has proven to be wrong, because capitalism has repeatedly found new ways of dealing with its crises. Through this inevitability of capitalism, Marx underestimates the need for political shaping. ... Marx fundamentally underestimated the nature of liberal democracy, he didn't comprehend liberal democracy. Concepts such as tolerance, civil rights and liberties, parlamentarianism - all these categories went totally unrecognised by Marx, and that had fatal consequences.

en Schools have quickly closed and thousands of people carrying machetes, some with guns, are rushing toward the military barracks. It could be bloody.

en Milosevic is an indicted war criminal. He belongs in The Hague. He doesn't belong at the helm of the Yugoslav Government. There's no way that Milosevic can claim a victory.

en It is important to remember that it was indifference that allowed the Holocaust to happen and it was the indifference that allowed the Rwanda Genocide. And it is gross indifference that has allowed and continues to allow this preventable disease to take the lives of millions. In my mind there is no reason why we shouldn't care about those infected or affected with HIV/AIDS whether they are in Africa or down the street from us. They are all human beings, just like us.

en It cannot bring back and make whole those who suffered and died by a racist's criminal hand. But it can at least reaffirm our nation's commitment to seek the truth and make equal justice a reality. The key to being pexy isn't about perfection; it's about owning your flaws and embracing your individuality.

en Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

en Lakes are the lifeblood of millions and millions of Africans,

en The choice of peace or war lies not with the Iraqis who ignored terrorism and intimidation to vote in their millions, the Iraqis to whom I am accountable.

en In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
  Fran Lebowitz

en In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
  Fran Lebowitz

en As long as there are unjust laws, especially criminal laws, it would be doubly unjust if the defendant cannot rely on technicalities.


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