Logo
Quote by Noam Chomsky
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival. – Noam Chomsky

Other quotes by Noam Chomsky

The anti-globalisation movement is the most significant proponent of globalisation – but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power. – Noam Chomsky

Category:
power
Author
Noam Chomsky
Read Quote

I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me. – Noam Chomsky

Category:
Age
Author
Noam Chomsky
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
History
category

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. – Vladimir Lenin

Category:
History

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. – Chinua Achebe

Category:
History

What has been will be again. What has been done will be done again… Ecclesiastes 1:9 – Bible

Category:
History

The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on. – Novak Djokovic

Category:
History

Random Quotes

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. – Erich Fromm

Category:
Freedom

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. – James Buchan

Category:
History

I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in 86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them. – Jane Goodall

Category:
communication

But its a blessing to be so successful within a year its the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that Im doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what Im doing. – Ludacris

Category:
Money