--- title: "Best Freedom Quotes by Noam Chomsky" description: "66 Freedom quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Freedom sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_criminals_freedom-without-opportunity-is-a-devil-s_2765383.jpg" --- > [Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/freedom-without-opportunity-is-a-devil-s-gift-and-the-refusal-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_criminals_freedom-without-opportunity-is-a-devil-s_2765383.jpg) > [In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-1949-china-declared-independence-an-event-known-in-western/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/noam-chomsky-42_bitter_in-1949-china-declared-independence-an-e_3014085.jpg) > [If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-assume-that-there-is-no-hope-you-guarantee-that-there-will-be/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/noam-chomsky-42_assuming_if-you-assume-that-there-is-no-hope-you_1517104.jpg) > [From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/from-a-comparative-perspective-the-united-states-is-unusual-if-not/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/noam-chomsky-42_effectiveness_from-a-comparative-perspective-the-unite_296411.jpg) > [“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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/noam-chomsky-42_america_in-many-respects-the-united-states-is-a_731882.jpg) > [“With regard to freedom of speech 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-speech-there-are-basically-two-positions/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/noam-chomsky-42_communication_with-regard-to-freedom-of-speech-there-a_1455348.jpg) > [We could not bring democracy and freedom to Vietnam at a cost acceptable to ourselves. The idea that that was what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/we-could-not-bring-democracy-and-freedom-to-vietnam-at-a-cost/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/noam-chomsky-42_acceptable_we-could-not-bring-democracy-and-freedom_1642016.jpg) > [The question in brief, is whether democracy and freedom are values to be preserved or threats to be avoided . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-question-in-brief-is-whether-democracy-and-freedom-are-values-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/noam-chomsky-42_avoided_the-question-in-brief-is-whether-democra_2181409.jpg) > [Anarcho-syndic alism took for granted that working people ought to control their own work, its conditions, the enterprises in which they work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anarcho-syndic-alism-took-for-granted-that-working-people-ought-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/noam-chomsky-42_association_anarcho-syndic-alism-took-for-granted-th_697999.jpg) > [In Turkey also, for a long time, the military was the decisive force but in the past 10 years they have backed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-turkey-also-for-a-long-time-the-military-was-the-decisive-force/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/noam-chomsky-42_affair_in-turkey-also-for-a-long-time-the-milit_3158597.jpg) > [Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/optimism-is-a-strategy-for-making-a-better-future-because-unless-you-2/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/noam-chomsky-42_assuming_optimism-is-a-strategy-for-making-a-bett_1783650.jpg) > [“The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-issue-is-whether-we-want-to-live-in-a-free-society-or-whether-we/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/noam-chomsky-42_free-society_the-issue-is-whether-we-want-to-live-in_101089.jpg) > [Pick the topic you like: the Middle East, international terrorism, Central America, whatever it is - the picture of the world that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/pick-the-topic-you-like-the-middle-east-international-terrorism/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/noam-chomsky-42_achievement_pick-the-topic-you-like-the-middle-east_2749274.jpg) > [“I mean, contrary to the contemporary version of it, classical liberalism (which remember was pre-capitalist, and in fact, anti-capitalist) focused on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-mean-contrary-to-the-contemporary-version-of-it-classical/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/noam-chomsky-42_classical-liberal_i-mean-contrary-to-the-contemporary-vers_1718901.jpg) > [“Now a federated, decentralized system of free associations, incorporating economic as well as other social institutions, would be what I refer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/now-a-federated-decentralized-system-of-free-associations/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/noam-chomsky-42_anarcho-syndicalism_now-a-federated-decentralized-system-of_1523289.jpg) > [The focus on creativity and independence exists in pockets of resistance in the educational system, which, to thrive, should be integrated with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-focus-on-creativity-and-independence-exists-in-pockets-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/noam-chomsky-42_concern_the-focus-on-creativity-and-independence_1043464.jpg) > [U.S. international and security policy ... has as its primary goal the preservationof what we might call the Fifth Freedom, understood crudely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/u-s-international-and-security-policy-has-as-its-primary-goal-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/noam-chomsky-42_accuracy_u-s-international-and-security-policy-ha_1775257.jpg) > [“The goal of the working class is liberation from exploitation. This goal is not reached and cannot be reached by a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-goal-of-the-working-class-is-liberation-from-exploitation-this/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/noam-chomsky-42_freedom_the-goal-of-the-working-class-is-liberat_911046.jpg) > [Cuba forces in Angola gave a real shot in the arm to the liberation movements, and it also was a lesson to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/cuba-forces-in-angola-gave-a-real-shot-in-the-arm-to-the-liberation/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/noam-chomsky-42_africans_cuba-forces-in-angola-gave-a-real-shot-i_76310.jpg) > [I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-it-only-makes-sense-to-seek-out-and-identify-structures-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/noam-chomsky-42_aspect_i-think-it-only-makes-sense-to-seek-out_510871.jpg) > [It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-ridiculous-to-talk-about-freedom-in-a-society-dominated-by-huge/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/noam-chomsky-42_corporations_it-s-ridiculous-to-talk-about-freedom-in_384701.jpg) > [It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-is-true-that-classical-libertarian-thought-is-opposed-to-state/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/noam-chomsky-42_about_it-is-true-that-classical-libertarian-th_181065.jpg) > [You take a look at the history of African Americans in the US. There's been about thirty years of relative freedom. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-take-a-look-at-the-history-of-african-americans-in-the-us-there-s/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/noam-chomsky-42_african-american_you-take-a-look-at-the-history-of-africa_54134.jpg) > [ England shouldn't have the real freedom of vote and we shouldn't either. Because as \[James Madison\] put it, one of the primary… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/england-shouldn-t-have-the-real-freedom-of-vote-and-we-shouldn-t/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/noam-chomsky-42_constitutional_england-shouldn-t-have-the-real-freedom_430659.jpg) > [In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-literal-sense-there-has-been-no-relevant-evolution-since-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/noam-chomsky-42_decent_in-the-literal-sense-there-has-been-no-r_1617343.jpg) > [Independence of mind, enthusiasm, dedication to the field, and willingness to challenge and question and to explore new direction. There are plenty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/independence-of-mind-enthusiasm-dedication-to-the-field-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/noam-chomsky-42_challenges_independence-of-mind-enthusiasm-dedicati_2231933.jpg) ## Other authors on Freedom - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 253 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/thomas-jefferson/) - [Dada Bhagwan 177 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 168 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/ronald-reagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 134 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 134 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 105 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nelson-mandela-70785.jpg) Nelson Mandela 97 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/nelson-mandela/) - [Abraham Lincoln 94 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/abraham-lincoln/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-ilkin-santak-7545.jpg) Ilkin Santak 90 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/ilkin-santak/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ron-paul-81013.jpg) Ron Paul 78 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/ron-paul/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 78 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/ayn-rand/) - [Benjamin Franklin 75 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/benjamin-franklin/) ## More by Noam Chomsky > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-join-the-new-atheists-so-for-example-i-wouldn-t-have-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-thing-you-ought-to-do-is-verify-what-i-present-just-because/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [ I wrote an article about the marine landing \[in Haiti\] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-wrote-an-article-about-the-marine-landing-in-haiti-right-away-but/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/american-society-is-now-remarkably-atomized-political-organizations/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/discovery-is-the-ability-to-be-puzzled-by-simple-things-noam-chomsky/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-an-interesting-book-about-that-called-the-third-reich-and-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/this-is-class-war-on-an-international-scale-and-power-is-in-the-hands/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-big-extremely-irrational-parts-of-the-society-and-they-have/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-plenty-to-criticize-about-the-mass-media-but-they-are-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-50-000-korean-mercenaries-we-had-in-vietnam-were-professional/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "Best Freedom Quotes by Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/freedom-without-opportunity-is-a-devil-s-gift-and-the-refusal-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_criminals_freedom-without-opportunity-is-a-devil-s_2765383.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_criminals_freedom-without-opportunity-is-a-devil-s_2765383.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_criminals_freedom-without-opportunity-is-a-devil-s_2765383.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with bitter recriminations and conflict over who was responsible for that loss.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-1949-china-declared-independence-an-event-known-in-western/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/noam-chomsky-42_bitter_in-1949-china-declared-independence-an-e_3014085.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/noam-chomsky-42_bitter_in-1949-china-declared-independence-an-e_3014085.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/noam-chomsky-42_bitter_in-1949-china-declared-independence-an-e_3014085.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. 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