Quote by Noam Chomsky on Democracy and Control
“Democratic societies can’t force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.”
Noam Chomsky
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To the Mediocre, Mediocrity is a Form of Happiness – Friedrich Nietzsche
“To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Noam Chomsky Quote on Provocation and Truth
“If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you’re doing something wrong.”
Noam Chomsky
No journey is too great – Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
“No journey is too great, when one finds what one seeks.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Aldous Huxley Quote on Chronic Remorse and Morality
“Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.”
Aldous Huxley
Noam Chomsky Quote on Intellectual Tradition
“The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.”
Noam Chomsky
Travel Quote by Aldous Huxley – About Prejudices and Discoveries
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”
Aldous Huxley
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche on Death and Life
“Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Indoctrination and Objectivity – Noam Chomsky
“The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.”
Noam Chomsky
Human Uniqueness and Cultural Standardization – Aldous Huxley
“In the course of evolution nature has gone to endless trouble to see that every individual is unlike every other individual….Physically and mentally, each one of us is unique. Any culture which, in the interests of efficiency or in the name of some political or religious dogma, seeks to standardize the human individual, commits an outrage against man’s biological nature.”
Aldous Huxley