Freedom Quotes by Noam Chomsky

Iran is independent and independence is not tolerated.

— Noam Chomsky

Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.

— Noam Chomsky

The answer to subversion of democracy is more democracy, more freedom, more justice.

— Noam Chomsky

It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence

— Noam Chomsky

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift.

— Noam Chomsky

They, students have a degree of freedom that nobody else has.

— Noam Chomsky

In my experience at least, the large public universities do not fall behind in fostering creativity and independence; often the contrary.

— Noam Chomsky

With regard to freedom of expression there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject…

— Noam Chomsky

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It…

— Noam Chomsky

Throughout history, even the harshest and most shameful measures are regularly accompanied by professions of noble intent - and rhetoric about bestowing…

— Noam Chomsky

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may…

— Noam Chomsky

“[...] dictatorship, the most extreme form of tyranny, can never lead to social liberation.”

— Noam Chomsky

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal

— Noam Chomsky

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

— Noam Chomsky

We could not bring democracy and freedom to Vietnam at a cost acceptable to ourselves. The idea that that was what we…

— Noam Chomsky

The focus on creativity and independence exists in pockets of resistance in the educational system, which, to thrive, should be integrated with…

— Noam Chomsky

Anarcho-syndic alism took for granted that working people ought to control their own work, its conditions, the enterprises in which they work,…

— Noam Chomsky

The question in brief, is whether democracy and freedom are values to be preserved or threats to be avoided . . .…

— Noam Chomsky

U.S. international and security policy ... has as its primary goal the preservationof what we might call the Fifth Freedom, understood crudely…

— Noam Chomsky

I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life,…

— Noam Chomsky

Cuba forces in Angola gave a real shot in the arm to the liberation movements, and it also was a lesson to…

— Noam Chomsky

“The goal of the working class is liberation from exploitation. This goal is not reached and cannot be reached by a new…

— Noam Chomsky

In Turkey also, for a long time, the military was the decisive force but in the past 10 years they have backed…

— Noam Chomsky

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you…

— Noam Chomsky

Moves toward sovereignty in Iraq stimulate pressures first for human rights among the bitterly repressed Shi'ite population but also toward some degree…

— Noam Chomsky

Pick the topic you like: the Middle East, international terrorism, Central America, whatever it is - the picture of the world that's…

— Noam Chomsky

“The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to…

— Noam Chomsky

“I mean, contrary to the contemporary version of it, classical liberalism (which remember was pre-capitalist, and in fact, anti-capitalist) focused on the…

— Noam Chomsky

“Now a federated, decentralized system of free associations, incorporating economic as well as other social institutions, would be what I refer to…

— Noam Chomsky

I had relatives in New York City who I stayed with. And in those days, the area from Union Square down Fourth…

— Noam Chomsky

“These ideas grew out of the Enlightenment; their roots are in Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality, Humboldt’s Limits of State Action, Kant’s insistence,…

— Noam Chomsky

“It's amazing in Europe: Europe has become extraordinarily colonized culturally by the United States, to an extent that is almost unbelievable―Europeans aren't…

— Noam Chomsky

“Well, that's pretty much what the schools are like, I think: they reward discipline and obedience, and they punish independence of mind.…

— Noam Chomsky

“Since its origins, socialism has meant the liberation of working people from exploitation. As the Marxist theoretician Anton Pannekoek observed, “this goal…

— Noam Chomsky

For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices…

— Noam Chomsky

If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

— Noam Chomsky

We should therefore be opposed to institutional barriers to that freedom: Military dictatorships, for example. Or states run by a Central Committee.

— Noam Chomsky

It seems self-evident that we should want people to be free, to be able to play an active part in making decisions…

— Noam Chomsky

We don't live in tyrannies, you know, the king doesn't decide what's legitimate, and there's much more freedom than there was in…

— Noam Chomsky

“The workers who built the settlements and produced the export crops may now enjoy their freedom in the world’s largest prison.58”

— Noam Chomsky