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Noam Chomsky Quotes (527 quotes)
 | “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 |
| Source/Notes: Turning the Tide, 1985 |
| “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 |
| Source/Notes: Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar (1966) |
| “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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| “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 |
| “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 |
| Source/Notes: 9-11 [neuf-onze] (2001 edition), Seven Stories Press - ISBN: 9781583224892 |
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Noam Chomsky
Born: December 7, 1928 (age 90)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Activist
Bio: 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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