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Passive Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence.
- Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety, as long as…
- The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that…
- The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that…
- In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.
More Passive Quotes
- To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. — Simone de Beauvoir
- In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive. — William Bernbach
- Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial… — Ben Bernanke
- Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style. — Mayim Bialik
- Active Evil is better than Passive Good. — William Blake
- The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting… — Daniel J. Boorstin
- It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that,… — James Bovard
- For us, destiny always feels... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing. — Danny Boyle