« In any country, there is always a group of people who hold real power. It is basically in the hands of the people who guide investment decisions. One of the things they want is a passive, quiet population. Therefore, one of the things you can do to make their existence uncomfortable is to be neither passive nor quiet. »

« Excerpts from the foreword: Chomsky's voice brings a rare glimmer of hope and optimism, in this dark era marked by unprecedented economic inequalities, the rise of authoritarianism and social Darwinism, as well as by a left that has turned its back on class struggle........... For Chomsky, however, despair is not an option. Despite the impasse in which today's world seems cornered, it should be known that resistance to oppression and exploitation has never been in vain, even in times even darker than ours. Moreover, the "counter-revolution" that Trump is inflicting on the United States has already awakened a plethora of social movements determined to stand up to this would-be autocrat. in the most powerful country on the planet, the resistance seems destined for a brighter future than in many other parts of the industrialized world. C.J. POLYCHRONIOU , March 2017 . »

« Currently, the study of language and other higher human faculties proceeds largely as chemistry has done; it seeks to "establish a rich body of doctrine" for possible unification, but without any clear idea of how it might take place. »