Noam Chomsky, on language
“Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Read the rest of this entry »
Kofi Annan, on democracy
“No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Read the rest of this entry »
Ted Koppel, on journalism
“All too often, we delude ourselves into believing that by simply focusing a live camera on an event, and dropping in the occasional ad lib, we are committing journalism. We’re not. Read the rest of this entry »
Latin proverb, on freedom
“Ubi dubium ibi libertas.”
English translation: “Where there is doubt, there is freedom.”
Norman Cousins, on libraries
“A library is a delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.”
George F. Kennan, on history
“The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Read the rest of this entry »
Nat Hentoff, on self-dtermination
“Those who created this country chose freedom. Read the rest of this entry »
Ralph Ellison, on words
“If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, on language
“Language is the archives of history.”
