It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

Noam Chomsky

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

A basic principle of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized.

A basic principle of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized.

The best defence against democracy is to distract people.

The best defence against democracy is to distract people.

If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.

If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.

What's the point of being better than someone else?

What's the point of being better than someone else?

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves.

Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves.

If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

If something is repeated over and over as obvious, the chances are that it is obviously false.

If something is repeated over and over as obvious, the chances are that it is obviously false.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

How it is we have so much information, but know so little?

How it is we have so much information, but know so little?

If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.

If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.

The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.

He who controls the media controls the minds of the public.

He who controls the media controls the minds of the public.