"No foundation that I am aware of has hired ex-journalists to promote a thoroughgoing inquiry."

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Source : Alexander Cockburn (1988). “Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era”, p.182, Verso

Alexander Cockburn

#Foundation Quotes #Inquiry Quotes #Journalist Quotes

“I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.”
“I go around the room and ask people, 'What do you think?'”
“One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?”
“I'm thought of as this pissy, complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants to kill himself all the time.”
“... education fails in so far as it does not stir in students a sharp awareness of their obligations to society and furnish at least a few guideposts pointing toward the implementation of these obligations.”
“One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and create an atmosphere of complexity.”
“That's not a prediction, that's a spoiler.”

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