What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the most interesting reactions to come out of 1968 was in the first publication of the Trilateral Commission, which believed… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Yes, and Syrians. There is a horrible crisis there and the United States has admitted virtually none of the refugees. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In a moment of crisis, of which there are all too many, Russian military planners may conclude that lacking a deterrent, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Latin American debt that reached crisis levels from 1982 would have been sharply reduced by return of flight capital - in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Democracy was regarded as entering into a crisis in the 1960s. The crisis was that large segments of the population were becoming… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the American Jewish community, there is little willingness to face the fact that the Palestinian Arabs have suffered a monstrous historical… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For example, the insurance industries and the big banks are absolutely euphoric now - on the business pages they don't even conceal… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
During the 1960s, large groups of people who are normally passive and apathetic began to try to enter the political arena to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You've just got to get people organized and tell them the truth. There aren't any magic tricks to it. You know, sometimes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is either a crisis or a return to the norm of stagnation. One view is the norm is stagnation and occasionally… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The times are too difficult and the crisis too severe to indulge in schadenfreude. Looking at it in perspective, the fact that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Obama's primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
The 50,000 Korean mercenaries we had in Vietnam were professional killers and just massacred people outright. And the American army did plenty of that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
