Libertarian Quotes by Noam Chomsky

Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.

— Noam Chomsky

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

— Noam Chomsky

For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade.

— Noam Chomsky

With the development of industrial capitalism, a new and unanticipated system of injustice, it is libertarian socialism that has preserved and extended…

— Noam Chomsky

It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about…

— Noam Chomsky

“If you care about other people, that's now a very dangerous idea. If you care about other people, you might try to…

— Noam Chomsky

But, that's the whole point of corporatization - to try to remove the public from making decisions over their own fate, to…

— Noam Chomsky

“[Ron Paul's politics] is just savagery, and it goes across the board; in fact, this holds for the whole libertarian ideology. I…

— Noam Chomsky

Now, the Libertarian Party, is a *capitalist* party. It's in favor of what *I* would regard a *particular form* of authoritarian control.…

— Noam Chomsky

There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist…

— Noam Chomsky

... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome…

— 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

“But you see, "libertarian" has a special meaning in the United States. The United Statesis off the spectrum of the main tradition…

— Noam Chomsky