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Supposed Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- As long as people are marginalized and distracted [they] have no way to organize or articulate their sentiments, or even know that others have these…
- We don't use the term 'working class' here because it's a taboo term. You're supposed to say 'middle class,' because it helps diminish the understanding…
- Boards of directors are allowed to work together, so are banks and investors and corporations in alliances with one another and with powerful states. That’s…
- We're supposed to worship Adam Smith but you're not supposed to read him. That's too dangerous.
- 'Reform' is a word you always aughta' watch out for. 'Reform' is a change that you're supposed to like. And watch it - As soon…
- People have to be atomized and segregated and alone. They're not supposed to organize, because then they might be something beyond spectators of action. They…
- ...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…
- Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.
- Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused funds from your…
- In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.
More Supposed Quotes
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum… — Karen Armstrong
- I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news… — Dave Barry
- I think that all comics or humorists, or whatever we are, ask questions. That's what we're supposed to do. But I not… — Roseanne Barr
- I'm a comic, and I'm supposed to outrage and make people laugh, Part of makin' people laugh is to shake up their… — Roseanne Barr
- Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment. — Robert Benchley
- The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is… — Pope Benedict XVI