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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

"Democracy in any meaningful sense of the term doesn't mean that citizens have the right to choose between two rich people who represent basically the same interests. "

Tags: Social justice, Democracy, Power dynamics, Wealth inequality

"The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person using them."

Tags: Creativity, Innovation, Education, Intelligence, Technology

"You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption."

Tags: Society, Power, Human behavior, Politics, Economics

"People not only don't know what's happening to them, they don't even know that they don't know."

Tags: Self-awareness, Perception, Knowledge, Understanding, Reality

"Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune."

Tags: Innovation, Authenticity, Truth, Critical thinking, Originality

"For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit."

Tags: Ethics, Society, Power, Accountability, Authority

"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."

Tags: Human rights, Democracy, Tolerance, Civil liberties, Freedom of expression

"Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below."

Tags: Resilience, Determination, Empowerment, Change, Hard work

"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum."

Tags: Power, Control, Conformity, Manipulation, Freedom of speech

"Education is a system of imposed ignorance."

Tags: Learning, Knowledge, Education, Awareness, Ignorance

"Optimism is a strategy for making a better future."

Tags: Inspiration, Mindset, Positivity, Personal development, Hope

"If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope."

Tags: Motivation, Inspiration, Mindset, Positivity, Perspective

"The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people."

Tags: Society, Fear, Politics, Control, Crime