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State Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
- As a Zionist youth leader in the 1940s, I was among those who called for a binational state in Mandatory Palestine. When a Jewish state…
- State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.
- In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities,…
- The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.
- For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade.
- Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by…
- The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence.
- Remember, the U.S. is a powerful state, it's not like Libya. If Libya wants to carry out terrorist acts, they hire Carlos the Jackal or…
- The media want to maintain their intimate relation to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to get invited to the press conferences.…
- Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is straightforward: a despotic…
- In much of the world the U.S. is regarded as a leading terrorist state.
- ... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,…
- One of the greatest dangers is secular religion - state worship.
- My own concern is primarily the terror and violence carried out by my own state... It is very easy to denounce the atrocities of someone…
- The one state/two state debate is irrelevant as Israel and the US consolidate Greater Israel.
- A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized.
- In the moral calculus of currently prevailing state capitalism, profits and bonuses in the next quarter greatly outweigh concern for the welfare of one’s grandchildren,…
- Our current prison state has the dual effect of getting rid of a superfluous population of basically unskilled workers (with a close race-class correlation), and…
- Barron and Paul...rely on 'specialists' at the State and Defense Departments...Elsewhere in the media, similiar figures are bandied about, with equal credibility.
More State Quotes
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of… — Roger Nash Baldwin
- With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting… — Bill Gates
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila
- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he… — Sai Baba
- We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. — Michelle Bachelet
- I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the… — Michele Bachmann