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Firsts Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- Hence, a generative grammar must be a system of rules that can iterate to generate an indefinitely large number of structures. This system of rules…
- The first step is to penetrate the clouds of deceit and distortion and learn the truth about the world, then to organize and act to…
- Take any country that has laws against hate crimes, inspiring hatred and genocide and so on. The first thing they would do is ban the…
- In fact, it's doing it all over the world. Obama, first of all, is running the biggest terrorist operation that exists, maybe in history. The…
- There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other. It's…
- I think that in order to achieve progress in the study of language and human cognitive faculties in general it is necessary first to establish…
- The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct the thought of…
- Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.
- It is ... necessary to whip up the population in support of foreign adventures. Usually the population is pacifist, just like they were during the…
- Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the hydrocarbon reserves. For…
- Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting himself as a…
- Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place
- ...if you ask me whether or not I'm an atheist, I wouldn't even answer. I would first want an explanation of what it is that…
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