Noam Chomsky Quotes

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Freedom is just freedom. It is a condition, not an agent of change. It does not develop or uplift those who win it. Freedom holds us accountable no matter the disadvantages we inherit from the past.

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that.

Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege.

I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.

… better a glass door than a glass ceiling.

Real freedom means opportunity and well-being. If it does not mean that, it means nothing.

Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions.

You are exacerbating inequality rather than opening up opportunity.

Today it is only the rich who are "free". They employ their time wisely or foolishly as they choose. They ask no one's permission and seek no one's advice whether they shall squander their substance in riotous living or devote themselves to good works. What they do with their time is their own affair. In the future such freedom would be open to everybody.

I don't feel that I've faced discrimination. I've had every chance to succeed and more, and I think that's what all women should have.

One of the U.S. Soccer Federation's points is that it's an honour and a privilege to to play for this country, and it is. But we also represent the entire country, and the idea of liberty and justice isn't afforded to everyone.

To me, that is really fundamental to social justice: to have choices in life.

Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it.

The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own

To have a choice at all is to be privileged.

I have a 10 year old at home, and she is always saying, 'That's not fair.' When she says that, I say, "Honey, you're cute; that's not fair. Your family is pretty well off; that's not fair. You were born in America; that's not fair. Honey, you had better pray to God that things don't start getting fair for you.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

I don't think anybody can claim success at any part of our lives, private or professional, if there are others that don't enjoy the same opportunities.

Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.

To me, success is choice and opportunity.

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

I'm an American. We've translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and that's getting Americanised.

Injustice in the end produces independence.