Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
NOAM CHOMSKYColorless green ideas sleep furiously.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’
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Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
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The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.
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But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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