But I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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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.
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The Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second is to maintain high employment.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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There’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.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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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.’
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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.
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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.
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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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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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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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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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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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