Our minds are specifically adapted to developing certain theories, and we have a science if the theories that are available to our minds happen to be close to true. Well, there is no particular reason to suppose that the intersection of true theories and theories that are accessible to the mind is very large. It may not be very large.

I don't see much use in general slogans. Sometimes it is worth resisting evil with lesser evil, very commonly in fact.

Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower.

[There is] is all part of the whole neoliberal shift in the economy. But the parties have shifted to the right.

Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and - together with other criminal states - for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.

There are very deep and restrictive principles that determine the nature of human language and are rooted in the specific character of the human mind

My grandchildren are on social media all the time, and they think they have friends. But it's not what I would've called a friend, ever.