In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.

Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.

Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.