I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
NOAM CHOMSKYGovernments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
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It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
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If workers are more insecure, that’s very ‘healthy’ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations’ economic health.
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There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
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Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
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Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements.
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Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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