As long as each individual is facing the television tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You take a look at the history of African Americans in the US. There's been about thirty years of relative freedom. There… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation?… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
England shouldn't have the real freedom of vote and we shouldn't either. Because as [James Madison] put it, one of the primary… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Independence of mind, enthusiasm, dedication to the field, and willingness to challenge and question and to explore new direction. There are plenty… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Somehow the fact of enormous privilege and freedom carries with it a sense of impotence, which is a strange, but striking, phenomenon.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose that humans happen to be so constructed that they desire the opportunity for freely undertaken productive work. Suppose that they want… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
From 1962 to 1965 the US was dedicated to try to prevent the independence of South Vietnam, the reason was of course… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The crime of liberation theology was that it takes the Gospels seriously. That's unacceptable. The Gospels are radical pacifist material, if you… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amount of privilege and therefore we have a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“It's intellectual freedom when a journalist can understand that 2 + 2 = 4; that's what Orwell was writing about in 1984.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Unaccountable private power concentrations that dominate economic and social life have the means to seek to "regiment the public mind," and become… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the sciences particularly the large public universities must and do take an active role in fostering creativity and independence; otherwise the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
...dissent, protest, presures of a wide variety that escape elite control can modify the calculus of costs of planners, and offer a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The majority of the population thinks that if the government runs healthcare, they're going to take away your freedom. At the same… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I am not too happy with terms like “the left”, to be honest. And I don’t use it much….if by “the left”… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“With regard to freedom of speech there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The 50,000 Korean mercenaries we had in Vietnam were professional killers and just massacred people outright. And the American army did plenty of that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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