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Often Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.
- There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown…
- Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative institutions or of…
- For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These…
- Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion and…
- It cannot be too often stressed that Israel had no credible pretext for its 2008-9 attack on Gaza, with full U.S. support and illegally using…
- History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
- Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
- The old-fashioned idea is that responsibility falls upon those who borrow and lend. Money was not borrowed by campesinos, assembly plant workers, or slum-dwellers. The…
- The Latin American debt that reached crisis levels from 1982 would have been sharply reduced by return of flight capital - in some cases, overcome,…
- It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.
- American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.
- Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke violence in response,…
More Often Quotes
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- The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
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- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
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- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange