"Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary……" — Noam Chomsky
"Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy."
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588 Quotes by Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky has 588 quotes on this site.
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If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
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The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all…
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Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.
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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel…
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In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans,…
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Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound…
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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If you don't like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued -…
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More Assault Quotes
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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder…
— Conrad Black
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How many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, holdups, burglaries and deeds of maniacal insanity it causes each year, especially among…
— Harry J. Anslinger
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Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still…
— Alistair Cooke
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Problems assault us to the degree they preoccupy us. The key to release, rest, and inner freedom is not the…
— Hugh Prather
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Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of…
— Colin Powell
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Form is all we have to help us cope with fundamentally chaotic facts and assaults. Formulating something is a great…
— Gerhard Richter
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Whilst accidents and assaults injure and kill people quickly and spectacularly, bullying and consequent prolonged negative stress injure and kill…
— Tim Field
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Evil must be attacked by. . . the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not…
— Ronald Reagan
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Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not…
— Ronald Reagan
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