No moral person would do such a thing unless they thought it was divinely warranted.

The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved.

There are two clocks ticking in Iran. One is the democracy movement clock which is ticking now faster than it was but it's got a lot of catching up to do. And then there's the clock that's ticking towards a nuclear weaponry.

To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness.

At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied.

You can't have occupation and human rights.

Virtue and merit can become their opposites if they are exacted or compelled.