“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!”
Communication
“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.”
GovernmentAll Quotes by Noam Chomsky
“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.”
Freedom“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.”
Imagination“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.”
Power“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.”
History“The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.”
Fear“The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.”
Power“If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.”
Amazing“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.”
Education“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
Freedom“The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.”
Fear“As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.”
Science“In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on.”
Government“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.”
Business“There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.”
Environmental“The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.”
History“The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.”
History“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.”
Best“The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.”
Power“Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.”
Nature