Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. Read Summary
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below. Read Summary
If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. Read Summary
Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil. Read Summary
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. Read Summary
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. Read Summary
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. Read Summary
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are. Read Summary
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. Read Summary
If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won't ask for wages, they won't go on strike, they won't call for benefits; they'll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that's optimal for corporations' economic health. Read Summary