Noam Chomsky Quotes
From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It is also unusual in the range and effectiveness of methods employed to restrain freedom of thought... Where the voice of the people is heard, elite groups must insure their voice says the right things.
Chomsky, Noam. Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies. South End Press, 1989.
Adams himself, when President, led the passage of the Alien & Sedition Act which were a major restriction on freedom of speech that was on the books until Thomas Jefferson pardoned all those convicted. There were many other restrictions which over the years were wiped away by policy and court opinion.
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.
