Being free Quote by George Soros

The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear…

— Noam Chomsky

“This makes it much easier to institute radical departures in public policy. In complex or divided societies, the chances are that a minority—or even…

— Tony Judt

We have a set of sensible policies that are appropriate for the 21st century and which strike a chord of appeal with the silent…

— Steve Blake

I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the…

— Bjorn Lomborg

What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it.

— Noam Chomsky

We have been talking with leaders: Change is coming; you can no longer have a closed regime with an open society - satellites, social…

— Ali Babacan

The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and…

— Ai Weiwei

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

— Adlai E Stevenson

What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted,…

— Walter Lippmann

We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people…

— Walter Lippmann

You have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. When there is divergence between your…

— Bashar al-Assad

The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The general public…

— Noam Chomsky