Global Discontents Quotes

“The first step is developing an open and critical mind, taking the doctrines that are standard and questioning them. Is the United Stated dedicated to democracy? Is Iran the greatest threat to world peace? Do we have a market system? Does the public relations industry try to promote choices or to restrict them? Anything you look at, every one of these things, you have to ask yourself: Is this true? A pretty good criterion is that if some doctrine is widely accepted without qualification, it's probably flawed.”
― Noam Chomsky, Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

“Yes, it's simple, really. If you're riding a bicycle and you don't want to fall off, you have to keep going - fast.”
― Noam Chomsky, Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

“The business of voting your conscience is: Do you really care just about how you feel? or, Do you care about what happens to the world? If you care about what you feel you don't have any conscience, you're not a moral agent at all, so stop talking about conscience, you don't have any.”
― Noam Chomsky, Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

“When you're an activist, you have to think about the people you're trying to protect, not just make yourself feel good. That's elementary. Not every action that makes you feel good is going to be helpful to the victims. Some might even be harmful.”
― Noam Chomsky, Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

“Lesser evil voting should be simply called elementary rationality and elementary morality.”
― Noam Chomsky, Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy