More Quotes by Noam Chomsky
Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to protect the country from enemies.
The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.
The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.
The goal is to keep the bewildered herd bewildered. It's unnecessary for them to trouble themselves with what's happening in the world. In fact, it's undesirable - if they see too much of reality they may set themselves to change it.
The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.
He who controls the media controls the minds of the public.
Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.
