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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

#believe #despise #expression #freedom #freedom of expression

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#consume #culture #decisions #feel #helpless

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

#basically #business #called #carry #democrats

When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#critic #i #i do #me #say

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

#back #day #factory #far-reaching #go

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#american president #applied #been #every #hanged

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#essential #existence #freedom #human #human existence

There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#consumption #establishment #everyone #good #massive

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

#challenging #education #environment #explore #his

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. ↗

— William Congreve

#bend #charms #oak #rocks #savage