Quotes of Alexander Cockburn - somelinesforyou

“ The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ There is never finality in the display terminal's screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and paragraphs are negated at the touch of a key. The significance of the past, as expressed in the manuscript by a deleted word or an inserted correction, is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The travel writer seeks the world we have lost — the lost valleys of the imagination. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The pack slumbered and only a few watchdogs rattled their chains. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A 'just war' is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A just war is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ Next week Reagan will probably announce that American scientists have discovered that the entire U.S. agricultural surplus can be compacted into a giant tomato one thousand miles across, which will be suspended above the Kremlin from a cluster of U.S… ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ Next week Reagan will probably announce that American scientists have discovered that the entire U.S. agricultural surplus can be compacted into a giant tomato one thousand miles across, which will be suspended above the Kremlin from a cluster of U.S… ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ Next week Reagan will probably announce that American scientists have discovered that the entire U.S. agricultural surplus can be compacted into a giant tomato one thousand miles across, which will be suspended above the Kremlin from a cluster of U.S… ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ Next week Reagan will probably announce that American scientists have discovered that the entire U.S. agricultural surplus can be compacted into a giant tomato one thousand miles across, which will be suspended above the Kremlin from a cluster of U.S… ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ There is never finality in the display terminal's screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and paragraphs are negated at the touch of a key. The significance of the past, as expressed in the manuscript by a deleted word or an inserted correction, is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ Next week Reagan will probably announce that American scientists have discovered that the entire U.S. agricultural surplus can be compacted into a giant tomato one thousand miles across, which will be suspended above the Kremlin from a cluster of U.S… ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The travel writer seeks the world we have lost — the lost valleys of the imagination. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The travel writer seeks the world we have lost — the lost valleys of the imagination. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ There is never finality in the display terminal's screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and paragraphs are negated at the touch of a key. The significance of the past, as expressed in the manuscript by a deleted word or an inserted correction, is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ Next week Reagan will probably announce that American scientists have discovered that the entire U.S. agricultural surplus can be compacted into a giant tomato one thousand miles across, which will be suspended above the Kremlin from a cluster of U.S… ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The travel writer seeks the world we have lost — the lost valleys of the imagination. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A 'just war' is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A just war is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection. ”

- Alexander Cockburn

“ The travel writer seeks the world we have lost — the lost valleys of the imagination. ”

- Alexander Cockburn
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