Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.
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Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.
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The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming.
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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My family was mostly unemployed working class.
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