The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
NOAM CHOMSKYBut I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.
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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Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
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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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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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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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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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There’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction – that is, the hatred and the anger.
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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
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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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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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