Quotes from book
Language and Responsibility

Name: Language and Responsibility
Author: Noam Chomsky

Noam ChomskyOriginal title Dialogues avec Mitsou Ronat (French, 1977)

The distinguished linguist and controversial political critic combines both aspects of his life and work in this wide-ranging and informative discussion that presents his political, moral, and linguistic views on current issues.

“[...] one must be cautious in assessing the political significance of the relative freedom from repression — at least for the privileged — in the United States. Exactly what does it mean, concretely?”

Noam Chomsky book Language and Responsibility

Quotes 1950s–1980s, 1970s, Language and Responsibility, Pantheon, 1977

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