"If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all." ― Noam Chomsky Topic(s): Beauty More From Noam Chomsky "Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That’s human nature." "Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism." "Concentration of executive power, unless it’s very temporary and for specific circumstances, let’s say fighting world war two, it’s an assault on democracy." More In Beauty "So, we just kind of created our own thing and that’s part of the beauty of Athens: is that it’s so off the map and there’s no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing."― Michael Stipe "By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality."― Hannah Arendt "It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue; for at these points – Richmond and Atlanta – the enemy’s main strength is concentrated."― Knute Nelson