Noam Chomsky

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

What are the interests of the powerful? The interests of the powerful are to maintain their power.

If you're not going to question authority, you're not going to learn anything.

The point of a system of indoctrination is to prevent people from thinking for themselves.

The whole concept of 'free market' is a propaganda term. There's no such thing as a free market.

It's not that people are stupid. It's that they're manipulated.

The more you read, the more you realize how little you know.

The public is not supposed to understand these things. It's supposed to believe what it's told.

The United States is a state founded on violence, slavery, and genocide.

The people who are running the world are not interested in democracy.

It's a very simple rule: if you want to understand anything, you have to look at the power relations.

The idea that you can have a democracy when the means of communication are controlled by private tyrannies is absurd.

The more you know about the world, the more you realize how much there is to know.

The primary task of the media is to make sure that the people don't find out what's really going on.

The whole history of the United States is a history of aggression.

It's not a question of whether you like it or not. It's a question of whether it's true or not.

The goal of the corporate system is to maximize profit and market share, regardless of the consequences.

The way to deal with power is to expose it.

The United States is a rogue state. It's the leading rogue state in the world.

The purpose of propaganda is to make people believe that what they're told is true.