Noam Chomsky Quotes About Freedom Of Speech
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If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
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In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.
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The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.
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Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.
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