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Noam Chomsky Quotes

Biography: Noam Chomsky is renowned for his work in linguistics and cognitive sci... more Biography: Noam Chomsky is renowned for his work in linguistics and cognitive science. A professor emeritus at MIT, he revolutionized the field with his theory of generative grammar. Chomsky is also a prolific political writer and activist, known for his critiques of media and U.S. foreign policy. less

"The bigger concern may be that now we have a rapidly growing economy and ample capital, but a failure of the government and society, to allocate it properly."

Tags: Society, Government, Governance, Social responsibility, Economy

"See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence."

Tags: Influence, Power, Control, Authority, Violence

"There are no magic answers, no miraculous methods to overcome the problems we face, just the familiar ones: honest search for understanding, education, organization, action that raises the cost of state violence for its perpetrators, solidarity with the oppressed and their struggles everywhere."

Tags: Education, Action, Social justice, Problem-solving, Oppression

"If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion."

Tags: Mindset, Perception, Psychology, Belief, Reality

"Either you repeat conventional doctrines without thought, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune."

Tags: Philosophy, Individuality, Truth, Critical thinking, Nonconformity

"Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media."

Tags: Control, Media, Authoritarianism, Obedience, Propaganda

"To some degree, it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public."

Tags: Politics, Democracy, Public opinion, Civic engagement, Political influence

"Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation."

Tags: Creativity, Communication, Expression, Language, Principles

"As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss."

Tags: Philosophy, Decision-making, Human behavior, Uncertainty, Choice

"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. "

Tags: Democracy, Manipulation, Power dynamics, Authoritarianism, Freedom of speech

"How it is we have so much information, but know so little?"

Tags: Wisdom, Learning, Knowledge, Understanding, Paradox

"Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself."

Tags: Personal growth, Wisdom, Self-discovery, Learning, Knowledge

"It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true."

Tags: Philosophy, Perspective, Perception, Truth, Psychology

"The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control - 'indoctrination,' we might say - exercised through the mass media."

Tags: United states, Political systems, Indoctrination, Ideological control, Media influence

"The Internet is an elite organization; most of the population of the world has never even made a phone call."

Tags: Communication, Internet, Connectivity, Information age, Digital divide

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