“Since the dominant voice in any society is that of the beneficiaries of the status quo, the ‘alienated intellectual’ who tries to pursue the normal path of honest enquiry – perhaps falling into error on the way – and thus often finds himself challenging the conventional wisdom, tends to be a lonely figure.”

~ Noam Chomsky, “The Function of the University in a Time of Crisis” in For Reasons of State (1973), p. 91