Noam Chomsky
Birthday: 7 December 1928, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: Avram Noam Chomsky
Height: 169 cm
Noam Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His undergraduate and graduate years were spent at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his PhD in linguistics in ...Show More
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants, and aliens, the more Show more
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants, and aliens, the more you control all the people. Hide
[in defense of WikiLeaks] At stake is the question of whether the citizens of a country have a right Show more
[in defense of WikiLeaks] At stake is the question of whether the citizens of a country have a right to know what their elected officials are doing. Those who have a lingering affection for an odd notion called "democracy" believe that this is important. To be sure, a state has the right to keep some matters secret. I haven't read all the WikiLeaks exposures, but I have read quite a few, and I have not seen an example of anything that could legitimately be kept secret, nor, to my knowledge, have the horde of angry critics presented an example. I should say that this is not unusual. Anyone who has spent time studying declassified documents is well aware that overwhelmingly, they are kept secret to protect elected officials from the scrutiny of citizens, not for defense or some other legitimate purpose. [2012] Hide
The internet is an elite organization; most of the population of the world has never even made a pho Show more
The internet is an elite organization; most of the population of the world has never even made a phone call. Hide
[from Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)] I signed a petition calling on the t Show more
[from Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)] I signed a petition calling on the tribunal to defend his [Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson]'s civil rights. At that point the French press, which apparently has no conception of freedom of speech, concluded that since I had called for his civil rights, I was therefore defending his theses. Hide
Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
[on Sarah Palin in the German magazine 'Der Spiegel'] This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I Show more
[on Sarah Palin in the German magazine 'Der Spiegel'] This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I think somebody watching us from Mars, they would think the country has gone insane. Hide
[on dealing with Holocaust deniers] Going back years, I am absolutely certain that I've taken far mo Show more
[on dealing with Holocaust deniers] Going back years, I am absolutely certain that I've taken far more extreme postitions on people who deny the Holocaust than you have. For example, you go back to my earliest articles and you will find that I say that even to enter into the arena of debate on the question of whether the Nazis carried out such atrocities is already to lose one's humanity. So I don't even think you ought to discuss the issue if you want my opinion. But if anybody wants to refute Faurisson [denier Robert Faurisson'] there's certainly no difficulty in doing so. Hide
For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand t Show more
For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of "brainwashing under freedom" to which we are subjected and which all too often we serve as willing or unwitting instruments. Hide
[from Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)] I mean the great act of genocide in Show more
[from Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)] I mean the great act of genocide in the modern period is Pol Pot, 1975 through 1978 - that atrocity - I think it would be hard to find any example of a comparable outrage and outpouring of fury and so on and so forth. Hide
[from Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)] I do not think that the State ought Show more
[from Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)] I do not think that the State ought to have the right to determine historical truths and to punish people who deviate from them. I'm not willing to give the State that right. I'm saying if you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don't like. I mean, Goebbels [Joseph Goebbels] was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin [Joseph Stalin]. If you're in favor of freedom of speech, that means you're in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise. Otherwise you're not in favor of freedom of speech. Hide
[from Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)] I don't mind the denunciations, fran Show more
[from Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)] I don't mind the denunciations, frankly; I mind the lies . . . intellectuals are very good at lying. They're professionals at it. Villification is a wonderful technique. There's no way of responding. If somebody calls you an anti-Semite, what can you say: "I'm not an anti-Semite"? If somebody says you're a racist or a Nazi? You always lose. The person who throws the mud always wins, because there is no way of responding to those charges. Hide
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