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title: "66 Freedom Quotes By Noam Chomsky"
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> [Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/freedom-without-opportunity-is-a-devil-s-gift/)

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> [They, students have a degree of freedom that nobody else has.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/they-students-have-a-degree-of-freedom-that-nobody-else-has/)

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> [Iran is independent and independence is not tolerated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/iran-is-independent-and-independence-is-not-tolerated/)

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> [Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/latin-america-for-the-first-time-in-500-years-is-moving-towards-a/)

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> [The answer to subversion of democracy is more democracy, more freedom, more justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-answer-to-subversion-of-democracy-is-more-democracy-more-freedom/)

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> [It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-not-radical-islam-that-worries-the-us-it-s-independence/)

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> [If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-we-don-t-believe-in-freedom-of-expression-for-people-we-despise-we/)

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> [For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/for-those-who-stubbornly-seek-freedom-there-can-be-no-more-urgent-2/)

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> [We should therefore be opposed to institutional barriers to that freedom: Military dictatorships, for example. Or states run by a Central Committee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/we-should-therefore-be-opposed-to-institutional-barriers-to-that/)

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> [If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-we-don-t-believe-in-free-expression-for-people-we-despise-we-don-t/)

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> [“The workers who built the settlements and produced the export crops may now enjoy their freedom in the world’s largest prison.58”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-workers-who-built-the-settlements-and-produced-the-export-crops/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/we-don-t-live-in-tyrannies-you-know-the-king-doesn-t-decide-what-s/)

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> [It seems self-evident that we should want people to be free, to be able to play an active part in making decisions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-seems-self-evident-that-we-should-want-people-to-be-free-to-be/)

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> [As long as each individual is facing the television tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-long-as-each-individual-is-facing-the-television-tube-alone-formal/)

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> [For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/for-those-who-stubbornly-seek-freedom-there-can-be-no-more-urgent/)

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> [Somehow the fact of enormous privilege and freedom carries with it a sense of impotence, which is a strange, but striking, phenomenon.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/somehow-the-fact-of-enormous-privilege-and-freedom-carries-with-it-a/)

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> [In the sciences particularly the large public universities must and do take an active role in fostering creativity and independence; otherwise the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-sciences-particularly-the-large-public-universities-must-and/)

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> [Unaccountable private power concentrations that dominate economic and social life have the means to seek to "regiment the public mind," and become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/unaccountable-private-power-concentrations-that-dominate-economic-and/)

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> [Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/goebbels-was-in-favor-of-free-speech-for-views-he-liked-so-was-stalin/)

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> [The majority of the population thinks that if the government runs healthcare, they're going to take away your freedom. At the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-majority-of-the-population-thinks-that-if-the-government-runs/)

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> [I am not too happy with terms like “the left”, to be honest. And I don’t use it much….if by “the left”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-am-not-too-happy-with-terms-like-the-left-to-be-honest-and-i-don-t/)

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> [...dissent, protest, presures of a wide variety that escape elite control can modify the calculus of costs of planners, and offer a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/dissent-protest-presures-of-a-wide-variety-that-escape-elite-control/)

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> [I had relatives in New York City who I stayed with. And in those days, the area from Union Square down Fourth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-had-relatives-in-new-york-city-who-i-stayed-with-and-in-those-days/)

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> [Suppose that humans happen to be so constructed that they desire the opportunity for freely undertaken productive work. Suppose that they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/suppose-that-humans-happen-to-be-so-constructed-that-they-desire-the/)

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> [There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-something-deeply-rooted-in-american-culture-you-can-pretty/)

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> [From 1962 to 1965 the US was dedicated to try to prevent the independence of South Vietnam, the reason was of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/from-1962-to-1965-the-us-was-dedicated-to-try-to-prevent-the/)

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> [“It's intellectual freedom when a journalist can understand that 2 + 2 = 4; that's what Orwell was writing about in 1984.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-intellectual-freedom-when-a-journalist-can-understand-that-2-2-4/)

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> [The crime of liberation theology was that it takes the Gospels seriously. That's unacceptable. The Gospels are radical pacifist material, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-crime-of-liberation-theology-was-that-it-takes-the-gospels/)

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> [“Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amount of privilege and therefore we have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/responsibility-i-believe-accrues-through-privilege-people-like-you/)

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> [Moves toward sovereignty in Iraq stimulate pressures first for human rights among the bitterly repressed Shi'ite population but also toward some degree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/moves-toward-sovereignty-in-iraq-stimulate-pressures-first-for-human/)

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> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/these-ideas-grew-out-of-the-enlightenment-their-roots-are-in-rousseau/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-amazing-in-europe-europe-has-become-extraordinarily-colonized/)

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> [“Well, that's pretty much what the schools are like, I think: they reward discipline and obedience, and they punish independence of mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/well-that-s-pretty-much-what-the-schools-are-like-i-think-they-reward/)

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> [“Since its origins, socialism has meant the liberation of working people from exploitation. As the Marxist theoretician Anton Pannekoek observed, “this goal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/since-its-origins-socialism-has-meant-the-liberation-of-working/)

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> [With regard to freedom of expression there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/with-regard-to-freedom-of-expression-there-are-basically-two/)

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> [In my experience at least, the large public universities do not fall behind in fostering creativity and independence; often the contrary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-my-experience-at-least-the-large-public-universities-do-not-fall/)

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> [In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-many-respects-the-united-states-is-a-great-country-freedom-of-2/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-this-possibly-terminal-phase-of-human-existence-democracy-and/)

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> [Throughout history, even the harshest and most shameful measures are regularly accompanied by professions of noble intent - and rhetoric about bestowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/throughout-history-even-the-harshest-and-most-shameful-measures-are/)

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> [ “\[...\] dictatorship, the most extreme form of tyranny, can never lead to social liberation.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/dictatorship-the-most-extreme-form-of-tyranny-can-never-lead-to/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-costs-of-the-bush-obama-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-are-now/)

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> [If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-believe-in-democracy-why-shouldn-t-you-know-what-the/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-a-shameful-moment-for-u-s-media-when-it-insists-on-being/)

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> [There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-questions-as-to-whether-it-should-even-exist-who-should/)

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> [Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/governments-regard-their-own-citizens-as-their-main-enemy-and-they/)

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                        "text": "Moves toward sovereignty in Iraq stimulate pressures first for human rights among the bitterly repressed Shi'ite population but also toward some degree of autonomy. You can imagine a kind of a loose Shi'ite alliance in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, controlling most of the world's oil and independent of the United States. And much worse, although Europe can be intimidated by the United States, China can't. It's one of the reasons, the main reasons, why China is considered a threat. We're back to the Mafia principle.",
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                        "text": "“Well, that's pretty much what the schools are like, I think: they reward discipline and obedience, and they punish independence of mind. If you happen to be a little innovative, or maybe you forgot to come to school one day because you were reading a book or something, that's a tragedy, that's a crime―because you're not supposed to think, you're supposed to obey, and just proceed through the material in whatever way they require. And in fact, most of the people who make it through the education system and get into the elite universities are able to do it because they've been willing to obey a lot of stupid orders for years and years―that's the way I did it, for example. Like, you're told by some stupid teacher, \"Do this,\" which you know makes no sense whatsoever, but you do it, and if you do it you get to the next rung, and then you obey the next order, and finally you work your way through and they give you your letters: an awful lot of education is like that, from the very beginning. Some people go along with it because they figure, \"Okay, I'll do any stupid thing that asshole says because I want to get ahead\"; others do it because they've just internalized the values―but after a while, those two things tend to get sort of blurred. But you do it, or else you're out: you ask too many questions and you're going to get in trouble. Now, there are also people who don't go along-and they're called \"behavior problems,\" or \"unmotivated,\" or things like that. Well, you don't want to be too glib about it―there are children with behavior problems but a lot of them are just independent-minded, or don't like to conform, or just want to go their own way. And they get into trouble right from the very beginning, and are typically weeded out. I mean, I've taught young kids too, and the fact is there are always some who just don't take your word for it. And the very unfortunate tendency is to try to beat them down, because they're a pain in the neck. But what they ought to be is encouraged. Yeah: why take my word for it? Who the heck am I? Figure it out for yourself. That's what real education would be about, in fact.”",
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