Linguist and political thinker.
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future.”
“The internet could be a very positive step towards education.”
“Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”
“Education is a system of imposed ignorance.”
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion.”
“Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic states.”
“The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.”
“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
“We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.”
“States are not moral agents; people are.”
