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Used Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is…
- Governments don't control people like they used to.
- The dominant propaganda systems have appropriated the term "globalization" to refer to the specific version of international economic integration that they favor, which privileges the…
- It is only in folk tales, children's stories, and the journals of intellectual opinion that power is used wisely and well to destroy evil. The…
- Technology is usually fairly neutral. It’s like a hammer, which can be used to build a house or to destroy someone’s home. The hammer doesn’t…
- There is no reason to believe ... that the "essential purpose" of language is "communication". ... Language can be used to transmit information, but it…
- In 1961, the United States began chemical warfare in Vietnam, South Vietnam, chemical warfare to destroy crops and livestock. That went on for seven years.…
- Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.
- My own feeling is that one should refuse to participate in any activity that implements American aggression - thus tax refusal, draft refusal, avoidance of…
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