There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.
Arundhati RoyIraq was only the latest in a succession of countries. Earlier, there was Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya, Granada, Panama. But this time it wasn't just your ordinary brand of friendly neighborhood frenzy. It was frenzy with a purpose. It ushered in an old doctrine in a new bottle: the doctrine of preemptive strike, also known as the United States can do whatever the hell it wants, and that's official. The war against Iraq has been fought and won, and no weapons of mass destruction have been found, not even a little one.
Arundhati RoyOnce you've seen certain things, you can't un-see them, and seeing nothing is as political an act as seeing something.
Arundhati RoySometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power.
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