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Circumstances Quotes by Noam Chomsky

10 Circumstances quotes by Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky’s reflections on circumstances are sharp, grounded, and often political, revealing how context influences power and language. These ten concise statements provide a focused look at his analytical lens. A brief but potent entry into his worldview.

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There's an interesting book called The Fugu Plan, written by Marvin Tokayer and Mary Swartz, which describes the circumstances when European Jews…

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Evolutionary theory has nothing to say, in general, as to whether cheating is more advantageous than cooperating. There are many circumstances in…

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Given their unusual privilege, Western intellectuals can realistically accomplish a great deal. The limits are imposed by will more than objective circumstances.…

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You win by struggle, and that requires understanding and serious analysis of the options and the circumstances, and then you can do…

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Everything depends very much on who you are, what your values are, what your commitments are, what circumstances you live in and…

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Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on…

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The beauty of our system is that it isolates everybody. Each person is sitting alone in front of the tube, you know.…

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I felt that we could hardly improve on the conception of the university expressed by one of the founders of the modern…

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I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a…

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Anarchism, in my view, is an expression of the idea that the burden of proof is always on those who argue that…

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I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying…

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American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a…

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There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion…

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This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.

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