Terry Eagleton quoteTerry Eagleton [1943-0]
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Quote rank: 209
| The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds. For one thing, power knows the truth already; it is just busy trying to conceal it. For another, it is not those in power who need the truth, but those they oppress. |
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