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Noam Chomsky

Born: December 7, 1928

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Biography: Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, historian, political critic, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. In addition to his work in linguistics, he has written on war, politics, and mass media, and is the author of over 100 books.

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Noam Chomsky

“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.”

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: As quoted in: "Chomsky" (Éd. de l'Herne, 2007), edited by Jean Bricmont, p. 218 - ISBN: 9782851971456

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Noam Chomsky

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

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: Turning the Tide, 1985

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Noam Chomsky

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

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: Interview, Listener, 6 April 1978

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Noam Chomsky

“Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar (1966)

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Noam Chomsky

“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.”

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: Chomsky on Anarchism (2005 edition), AK Press - ISBN: 9781904859208

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Noam Chomsky

“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.”

- Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky

“Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.”

- Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky

“Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.”

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Noam Chomsky

“I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.”

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: The Chomsky-Foucault debate: on human nature (2006 edition), New Press, The

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Noam Chomsky

“If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.”

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: Talk at St. Michael's College, Vermont, around 1990 [105] - On war crimes

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

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: 9-11 [neuf-onze] (2001 edition), Seven Stories Press - ISBN: 9781583224892

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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.”

- Noam Chomsky

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“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.”

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“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.”

- Noam Chomsky

Source/Notes: For Reasons Of State (2003 edition), Penguin Books India - ISBN: 9780143030546

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