Noam Chomsky Quotes
I don't see how one can "believe in organized religion." What does it mean to believe in an organization? One can join it, support it, oppose it, accept its doctrines or reject them. There are many kinds of organized religion. People associate themselves with some of them, or not, for all sorts of reasons, maybe belief in some of their doctrines.
Chomsky, Noam. Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky. Edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel, The New Press, 2002.
He had written a speech for the President to make a campaign trip to Salt Lake City. The theme was Mormon values and how they strengthened traditional American values. However, the Campaign strategists changed the schedule at the last minute and sent him to Philadelphia. The President’s staff somewhat panicked after they had read the speech which would not go over well in Pennsylvania and asked Trillin to quickly write another speech. This was his reply. That is just what they did and the speech was praised extensively by the people and press of Pennsylvania.
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is the author of more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.
