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Category Archive: December 7

Noam Chomsky Quote: “In the early 1940s, as a…”

In the early 1940s, as a young teenager, I was utterly appalled by the racist and jingoist hysteria of the anti-Japanese propaganda. The Germans were evil, but treated with some respect: They were, after all, blond Aryan types, just like our imaginary self-image. Japanese were mere vermin, to be crushed like ants.

December 10, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Noam Chomsky Quote: “Some may remember, if you have…”

Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.

December 8, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Johan Huizinga Quote: “It is the goal of the…”

It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.

November 28, 2019 1872, December 7, Dutch, Johan Huizinga, Quotes by Historians

Noam Chomsky Quote: “It’s perfectly obvious that there is…”

It’s perfectly obvious that there is some genetic factor that distinguishes humans from other animals and that it is language-specific. The theory of that genetic component, whatever it turns out to be, is what is called universal grammar.

November 24, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Gabriel Marcel Quote: “It is right that we be…”

It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.

November 20, 2019 1889, December 7, French, Gabriel Marcel, Quotes by Philosophers

Johan Huizinga Quote: “An aristocratic culture does not advertise…”

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.

November 19, 2019 1872, December 7, Dutch, Johan Huizinga, Quotes by Historians

Noam Chomsky Quote: “Stability is when the U.K. and…”

Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.

November 12, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Noam Chomsky Quote: “Debt is a social and ideological…”

Debt is a social and ideological construct, not a simple economic fact.

October 24, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Noam Chomsky Quote: “You never need an argument against…”

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.

October 24, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Noam Chomsky Quote: “The ‘free-floating intellectual’ may occupy himself…”

The ‘free-floating intellectual’ may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.

October 22, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

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