Noam Chomsky
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“I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me.” -Noam Chomsky
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“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.” -Noam Chomsky
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“If you are working 50 hours a week in a factory, you don’t have time to read 10 newspapers a day and go back to declassified government archives. But such people may have far-reaching insights into the way the world works.” -Noam Chomsky
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“In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.” -Noam Chomsky
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“As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.” -Noam Chomsky
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“The ‘anti-globalisation movement’ is the most significant proponent of globalisation – but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.” -Noam Chomsky
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“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.” -Noam Chomsky
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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.” -Noam Chomsky
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“Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.” -Noam Chomsky
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“Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.” -Noam Chomsky
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“The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.” -Noam Chomsky
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“In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.” -Noam Chomsky
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“The government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.” -Noam Chomsky
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“In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.” -Noam Chomsky
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“Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.” -Noam Chomsky
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“There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.” -Noam Chomsky
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“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.” -Noam Chomsky
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“The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email!” -Noam Chomsky
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“I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me.” -Noam Chomsky
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“In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.” -Noam Chomsky
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“Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.” -Noam Chomsky
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“Real popular culture is folk art – coalminers’ songs and so forth.” -Noam Chomsky
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“If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.” -Noam Chomsky
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I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me. – Noam Chomsky
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