There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
NOAM CHOMSKYChanges and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
NOAM CHOMSKYGovernments don’t control people like they used to.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
NOAM CHOMSKYImmediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.
NOAM CHOMSKYCensorship 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.
NOAM CHOMSKYCivil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere’s a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn’t count the votes right, and so on.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
NOAM CHOMSKYEducation 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.
NOAM CHOMSKYI like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
NOAM CHOMSKYSo slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
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