If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
NOAM CHOMSKY- So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
NOAM CHOMSKYRemember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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The leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
NOAM CHOMSKYGovernments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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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.’
NOAM CHOMSKYThat’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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Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
NOAM CHOMSKYUp until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
NOAM CHOMSKYDissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.
NOAM CHOMSKYEven in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.
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What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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If you’re working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf you’re working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.
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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.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere’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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The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
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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.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt 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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Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
NOAM CHOMSKYI stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
NOAM CHOMSKYAnti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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