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 we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
- 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.
- 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.
- There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.
- If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Best Quotes
- Don't dare filter my emotions, you're not the one that focused. You're the one that caused this, heartbreak songs on my hit list.
- Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
- If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.
- When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you're wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything.
- Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
- I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
- Living in peace doesn't only mean living in peaceful places, It means living within your soul in any chaotic place.
- Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
- The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it's the most sensitive. It's not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite - and typically they don't.
- If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.