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.
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.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control – ‘indoctrination’, we might say – exercised through the mass media.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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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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I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can’t explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
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Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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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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I don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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