When something like this [2003 invasion of Iraq] takes place, the international law professionals have a complicated task. There is a fringe that just tells the truth: Look, it's a violation of international law. But most have to construct complex arguments to justify it as defense counsel. That's basically their job, defense counsel for state power.

There's never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it's mostly a fabrication.

The neo-cons constitute a radical reactionary fringe of the planning spectrum, but the spectrum is narrow.

There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage monster;' instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.

I had no expectations about Barack Obama and I'm not in the least disillusioned.

Women didn't have rights. Under British common law, women were property.

It's not a free trade agreement. It has virtually nothing to do with free trade... It's a protectionist agreement; it's anti free-trade.