Quote by Noam Chomsky
Concentration of executive power, unless its very temporary and fo

Concentration of executive power, unless its very temporary and for specific circumstances, lets say fighting world war two, its an assault on democracy. – Noam Chomsky

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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. – Noam Chomsky

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Propaganda
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Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. – Noam Chomsky

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I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system. – Noam Chomsky

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Fascism
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Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order. – Virginia Woolf

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We have it in our power to begin the world over again. – Thomas Paine

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power

But to me nothing – the negative, the empty – is exceedingly powerful. – Alan Watts

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