Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion and attitudes. Over time, however, they have met with considerable success, even though there is a long way to go, and there is often regression.Noam Chomsky
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.Noam Chomsky
The Vietnamese see their history as an unending series of struggles of resistance to aggression, by the Chinese, the Mongols, the Japanese, the French, and now the Americans.Noam Chomsky
Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.Noam Chomsky
The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming.Noam Chomsky
Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where people were getting beaten, killed, really struggling for the most elementary rights.Noam Chomsky
Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower.Noam Chomsky
Unlike Europe, China can't be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they've been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don't see any need to.Noam Chomsky
Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don't just succumb.Noam Chomsky
