"Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and……" — Noam Chomsky
"Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal"
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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 Criminal Quotes
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Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite…
— Hannah Arendt
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As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good…
— Kelly Ayotte
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I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be,…
— F. Lee Bailey
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They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were…
— Afrika Bambaataa
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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real…
— James Belushi
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We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion…
— Alfred Adler
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We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have…
— Barbara Boxer
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To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition.…
— Bill Bryson
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To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules…
— Nicolas Cage
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It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which…
— Dick Cheney
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The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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