The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
NOAM CHOMSKYI 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?
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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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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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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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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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
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In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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