More Quotes by Noam Chomsky
As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves.
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 press is owned by wealthy men who only want certain things to reach the public.
He who controls the media controls the minds of the public.
If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.
It takes one minute to tell a lie, and an hour to refute it.
Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.
The best defense against democracy is to distract people.
