“The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful, kick everybody else in the face, and let your grandchildren pay for it. That simple principle predicts almost everything that's happening.”

—  Noam Chomsky

Quotes 2000s, 2005, Interview by Steve Scher on KUOW, 2004

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