I think if there is to be a crime of 'political genocide' it needs to be formulated with great care and precision to avoid unpopular views from being criminalised.

To be a hegemon is inherently ambiguous, usually implying some mixture of dominance and legitimacy, that is, being seen as contributing global leadership in a generally benevolent manner.

As such the meaning of hegemony is subject to varying interpretations depending on how the historical role of the United States is interpreted.

The capitalist priority is efficiency of capital and profitability, which is generally inconsistent with protecting the vulnerabilities of people and nature.

The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice.

I once got a call from a bank, asking me to compute a mortgage, since their computers were down. This was a very depressing moment.

International law in its counter-hegemonic uses is very important in any domain where issues of legitimacy are significant, but is rarely able to have a corresponding behavioural impact.

As Gandhi famously responded when asked about "Western civilization," "I wish they had one," the same applies to "international community": "I wish there was one."

When I told my son that I had to give a talk about my work to non-mathematicians, he warned me that regular people don't think like mathematicians.

Our sense of the free market is variable, shifting from a more welfare-oriented model after the Great Depression to a capital-driven market after the collapse of socialism as a viable alternative.

America is perhaps best viewed as an 'authoritarian democracy' within its own territory and as 'a global state' of a new kind when considered internationally.

Relaxation is the beginning of creativity.

Insofar as there shall always be a desire, there shall always be a want and there shall always be a need

In any case, it is not love, but friendship, that truly eludes you.

You know someone's okay if they can ignore things they can't do anything about and move on.

And, finally, I run because there's no better way to see the sun rise and set.

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

They make money the old fashioned way... they earn it.

I think Spider-Man [film], the first one particularly, really figured out the formula of, "Oh, tell the story that they told in the comic. It was compelling. That's why it's iconic."

I'm just a journalist. I shine a mirror to the culture. I give the cop-out answer.

My memorization skills aren't that great so I need help in that area. As far as everything else, I listen to the director. I'm someone who doesn't argue. I hit my marks and say the lines.