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"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."
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"Politicians look for interests not people."
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"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."
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"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."
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"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."
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"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."
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"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."
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"I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded."
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"Even if the paradise of material satisfaction, which they envisage as their final goal, were realized on earth, it would not bring mankind either contentment or peace."
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"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power."
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"President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied."
Politics
"We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war."
War
"Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks."
Future
"Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation."
Politics
"If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the use of information."
Politics
"American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield, making it far more secure."
Politics
"A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages."
Decision-Making
"This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law."
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"Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating."
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"In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war."
War
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