Noam Chomsky Quotes
When I look at public opinion, I'm not far out of the mainstream. I'm in it, in many respects. In some respects, public opinion goes beyond anything I've ever said.
Chomsky, Noam. Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky. Edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel, The New Press, 2002.
Bradlaugh was an atheist and refused to take his oath on a Bible or swear to God. He offered to make an affirmation. The issue was debated for 6 years and finally resolved in Bradlaugh’s favor. The right to affirm instead of take a religious oath is now settled American and English law.
The entertainer was organizing rock concerts to raise money for the problem of AIDS in Africa. However, he felt that the money was only a part of the mission. Making foreign aid for AIDS popular was critical in the light of a negative public perception of the benefit of foreign aid to many third world countries.
See Otis Singletary for a similar modern view
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.
