American linguist, philosopher and critic of international politics, one of the most influential intellectuals of our time
The future is what we make of it. We are not victims of history; we are its authors.
Free market ideology is a religion, not a science. Markets are efficient only under very specific conditions that rarely exist.
The purpose of education should be to free people from control, not to make them more controllable.
The powerful maintain their power by convincing us that change is impossible. But history shows it's not.
Manufacturing consent is the way modern democracies function - through the manipulation of belief, not through force.
The role of an intellectual is to speak uncomfortable truths to power, even when it's unpopular.
Language is a uniquely human possession, deeply related to our capacity for abstract thought.
Human nature is revealed through language. Language reflects the structure of our mind
True freedom requires not just absence of chains, but the ability to use your mind freely
Language is uniquely human. It allows us to generate the infinite from the finite
Control over speech is control over thought. Ideology is hidden in the language we use
All knowledge is embodied in language. We can't talk about the world except through language
Freedom of speech matters only for those nobody listens to anyway. For others – it's mythology
AI can manipulate symbols, but that's not understanding. Understanding requires knowledge of the world