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-If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.
-I’d always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.
-No one chooses their country of birth, so it’s foolish to be proud of it.
-Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.
-The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
-Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified.
-There is now a worrying fusion of information and entertainment.
-People are ultimately divided more by class than by nationality.
-Controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment.
-Because corporations cannot be trusted to voluntarily protect the environment, they require regulation.
-“from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” is a fundamentally good idea.
-The freer the market, the freer the people.
-It’s a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product.
-Land shouldn’t be a commodity to be bought and sold.
-It is regrettable that many personal fortunes are made by people who simply manipulate money and contribute nothing to their society.
-Protectionism is sometimes necessary in trade.
-The only social responsibility of a company should be to deliver a profit to its shareholders.
-The rich are too highly taxed.
-Those with the ability to pay should have access to higher standards of medical care.
-Governments should penalise businesses that mislead the public.
-A genuine free market requires restrictions on the ability of predator multinationals to create monopolies.
-Abortion, when the woman’s life is not threatened, should always be illegal.
-All authority should be questioned.
-An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
-Taxpayers should not be expected to prop up any theatres or museums that cannot survive on a commercial basis.
-Schools should not make classroom attendance compulsory.
-All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind.
-Good parents sometimes have to spank their children.
-It’s natural for children to keep some secrets from their parents.
-Possessing marijuana for personal use should not be a criminal offence.
-The prime function of schooling should be to equip the future generation to find jobs.
-People with serious inheritable disabilities should not be allowed to reproduce.
-The most important thing for children to learn is to accept discipline.
-There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures.
-Those who are able to work, and refuse the opportunity, should not expect society’s support.
-When you are troubled, it’s better not to think about it, but to keep busy with more cheerful things.
-First-generation immigrants can never be fully integrated within their new country.
-What’s good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us.
-No broadcasting institution, however independent its content, should receive public funding.
-Our civil liberties are being excessively curbed in the name of counter-terrorism.
-A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system.
-Although the electronic age makes official surveillance easier, only wrongdoers need to be worried.
-The death penalty should be an option for the most serious crimes.
-In a civilised society, one must always have people above to be obeyed and people below to be commanded.
-Abstract art that doesn’t represent anything shouldn’t be considered art at all.
-In criminal justice, punishment should be more important than rehabilitation.
-It is a waste of time to try to rehabilitate some criminals.
-The businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist.
-Mothers may have careers, but their first duty is to be homemakers.
-Multinational companies are unethically exploiting the plant genetic resources of developing countries.
-Making peace with the establishment is an important aspect of maturity.
-Astrology accurately explains many things.
-You cannot be moral without being religious.
-Charity is better than social security as a means of helping the genuinely disadvantaged.
-Some people are naturally unlucky.
-It is important that my child’s school instills religious values.
-Sex outside marriage is usually immoral.
-A same sex couple in a stable, loving relationship should not be excluded from the possibility of child adoption.
-Pornography, depicting consenting adults, should be legal for the adult population.
-What goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state.
-No one can feel naturally homosexual.
-These days openness about sex has gone too far.