If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Quote by 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.
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Noam Chomsky Quotes
- If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
- The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Best Quotes
- I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.
- I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies.
- Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.
- Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it.
- Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
- You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.
- I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.
- The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
- Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
- If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.