Noam Chomsky Courageous Quotes — Page 18

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

Courageous

“People who spend their working hours in a lab or research library or a classroom might be intent primarily on keeping or advancing their elite positions, thereby lending tacit support to power structures. Or they might not be.”

People Support Library

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

Courageous

“I wouldn't say that the efforts of academics to critique the media's messages are "half-hearted." As far as I am aware, the efforts scarcely exist: very few even pay attention to the question.”

Media Effort Attention

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Courageous

“Those of us lucky enough to have a share of privilege in the more free societies should not be asking this question, but doing something to answer it.”

Answers Lucky Asking

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Courageous

“In general, we should be able to agree that those who have greater opportunities and face fewer impediments have a greater responsibility to do more to help achieve such ends.”

Opportunity Responsibility Able

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Courageous

“George Washington hated the guerrillas. He wanted to imitate the British red coat armies, fighting as gentlemen are supposed to fight.”

Fighting Army Gentleman

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Courageous

“The American Revolution was a small part of a major world war going on between France and England, so the French intervened and that was a big factor, but the domestic contribution was basically guerrilla warfare.”

World War France And England

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Courageous

“The main mineral in your cellphone, coltan [a black metallic ore], comes from the Eastern Congo. Multinational corporations are there exploiting the very rich mineral resources of the region. A lot of them are backing militias which are fighting one other to gain control of the resources or a piece of the resources.”

Fighting Black Pieces

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Courageous

“Syria is bad enough, it's a pretty terrible atrocity. But there are much worse ones in the world. So for example, the worst atrocities in the past decade have been in the Congo, the Eastern Congo, where maybe 5 million people have been killed.”

People Past Atrocities

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Courageous

“When something isn't constantly drummed-up by the media, [people] just don't know about it.”

People Knows Media

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Courageous

“People don't have knowledge and understanding about the outside world, or about history [in the USA].”

People Understanding Usa

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Courageous

“The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is rage and a call for extreme actions. But that does not help the victims. And, in fact, it's likely to harm them.”

Doe Territory Lebanon

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Courageous

“Anyone in a position to overcome barriers to free thought and communication should do so.”

Communication Overcoming Free Thought

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