Amenable Quote by Ferdinand de Saussure

Language is a social institution.

— RMKATTA

“A language is the joint historical creation of millions of speakers. Although all speakers have some effect on the trajectory of a language, the…

— James C. Scott

“authoritarian institutions, such as governments and churches, do not use language but jargon, repetitive phrases that are not supposed to have meaning but merely…

— Norman Cantor

“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and oversimplifies.”

— Daniel M. Ingram

“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and over-simplifies. Hopefully,”

— Daniel M. Ingram

“The point in all this is that language is a handy whipping boy to summon and belabor when we have failed in some serious…

— Chinua Achebe

I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the…

— Frank Luntz

Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.

— Robin Morgan

“Language could be used as an instrument of control, a way of establishing hierarchies that suggest one set of people is better or more…

— David Crow

Language is the most powerful,convenient and permanent means and form of communication.

— RMKATTA

In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study of language to remain…

— Ferdinand de Saussure

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

— Noam Chomsky