Medea Benjamin Quotes

#1. We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.

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#2. Hip to the fact that well-behaved women rarely make history, Diane [Wilson] has already inspired a new movement of totally uncontrollable, irresistible and unreasonable women!

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#3. Israel is run by war criminals.

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#4. When Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was asked why there was so much animosity in her country towards the United States, she gave a one-word answer: "drones."

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#5. I wouldn't characterize anybody who fought in Vietnam as a war hero. In 23 bombing sorties, there must have been civilians that were killed and there's no heroism to that.

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#6. If it weren't for people like the people in Berkeley, standing up for what they believe, we'd be living under Hitler.

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#7. I actually think it is people like myself who have been fighting for our rights to free speech and I would like the right to defend my own right to free speech, not have soldiers doing it for me. I don't think I need soldiers.

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#8. I wonder if you are ashamed of calling a Democratically elected government a fascist government.

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#9. I think that you hear more opposition to the government in Venezuela than you would here in the United States. That's in the TV, in the radio and in the print media.

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