Month: June 2012
It is supposed, beyond question, that what the United States does and stands for is right and good; if others fail to recognize this moral rectitude, plainly they are at fault. The naivete is not without a certain childish appeal – which quickly fades, however, when we recognize how it is converted into an instrument for inflicting suffering and pain.
Noam Chomsky, Necessary Illusions, 1989 (via ellobofilipino)