"Even Stalin proclaimed his love for democracy. We……" — Noam Chomsky
"Even Stalin proclaimed his love for democracy. We do not learn about the nature of systems of power by listening to their rhetoric."
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Noam Chomsky
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588 Quotes by Noam Chomsky
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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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