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    Albert Einstein
    “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: greatness, opposition, spirit
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    Albert Einstein
    “You never fail until you stop trying.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: inspirational
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    Albert Einstein
    “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: adulthood, success, value
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Albert Einstein
    “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: adaptation, flexibility, intelligence, open-mindedness, wisdom
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    Albert Einstein
    “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: dangerous, evil, people, world
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    Albert Einstein
    “The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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  • #8
    Albert Einstein
    “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: crazy, question, thought-provoking
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  • #10
    Albert Einstein
    “Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: dissent, freedom-of-thought, independent-thought, skepticism
    1633 likes

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  • #11
    Albert Einstein
    “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: quotations
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  • #12
    Albert Einstein
    “Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”
    ― Albert Einstein
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    Noam Chomsky
    “As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, and diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.”
    ― Noam Chomsky, Who Rules the World?
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    Noam Chomsky
    “And the spectators must not be allowed to see too much. President Obama has set new standards in safeguarding this principle. He has, in fact, punished more whistle-blowers than all previous presidents combined, a real achievement for an administration that came to office promising transparency.”
    ― Noam Chomsky, Who Rules the World?
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    Noam Chomsky
    “The pattern of praise and punishment is a familiar one throughout history: those who line up in the service of the state are typically praised by the general intellectual community, and those who refuse to line up in service of the state are punished.”
    ― Noam Chomsky, Who Rules the World?
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    Noam Chomsky
    “I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.”
    ― Noam Chomsky
    tags: authority, challenge, dismantle, domination, freedom, heirarchy, human-freedom, illegitimate-power, justification
    535 likes

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    Noam Chomsky
    “For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.”
    ― Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
    tags: crime, double-standards, hypocrisy, politics, power, war-crimes
    704 likes

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  • #19
    Noam Chomsky
    “Education is a system of imposed ignorance.”
    ― Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    tags: education, homeschooling, ignorance, public-education
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    Noam Chomsky
    “All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.”
    ― Noam Chomsky
    tags: apathy, complacency, consumerism, control, learned-helplessness, resignation, the-powers-that-be
    761 likes

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    Noam Chomsky
    “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....”
    ― Noam Chomsky, The Common Good
    tags: 1998
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    Noam Chomsky
    “The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions.”
    ― Noam Chomsky
    tags: education, education-system, instituions
    1543 likes

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  • #23
    Noam Chomsky
    “If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
    ― Noam Chomsky
    tags: belief, believe, despise, expression, freedom, freedom-of-expression
    2159 likes

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  • #24
    Noam Chomsky
    “Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.”
    ― Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
    tags: democracy, mass-media, propaganda, repression, totalitarianism
    341 likes

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  • #25
    Noam Chomsky
    “Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?”
    ― Noam Chomsky
    tags: education, inspiration, inspirational, learning
    246 likes



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