It is an astonishing fact about the current era that in the most powerful country in world history, with a high level… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There was a really monstrous and almost literal genocide in the Mayan area, specifically under Ríos Montt. By now it has been… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I can understand the idea that there is a conspiracy. In fact, in much of the world there is a sense of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Dissidents are not imprisoned as in the domains of the Kremlin, in the old days. They do not have their brains blown… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are real possibilities of reaching many of the Trump voters: many of them in fact voted for Obama, believing his rhetoric… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, it's doing it all over the world. Obama, first of all, is running the biggest terrorist operation that exists, maybe… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The fact is that if you have not developed language, you simply don't have access to most of human experience, and if… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Why did the people think [Vietnam war] was fundamentally wrong and immoral? The guys who ran the polls, John E. Rielly, a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's just no question that the United States was trying desperately to prevent the independence of South Vietnam and to prevent a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, he is a decent, honest person, and I supported him. What he means by socialism… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We naturally assume that our mental structures are universal. But I suppose an outside biologist looking at us would see something very… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Fourteenth Amendment, after the civil war, in principle brought former slaves into the category of persons, theoretically. But if you actually… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose that I see a hungry child in the street, and I am able to offer the child some food. Am I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
English is a second language in most of the educated sectors of Europe and much of the world. But maybe in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, when drugs are legalized, use sometimes goes down, it's been claimed. Part of the reason is that teenage kids use… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The book [Manufacturing Consent] itself is then devoted to a series of case studies, selected, we hope [with Edward Herman], to offer… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Let's imagine again an observer looking at us without any preconceptions. I think he would be struck by the fact that although… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, some leaders come right out and say it. Mario Draghi the president of the European Central Bank had an interview… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The shutdown itself is bad but not devastating. The real danger will come up in a couple of weeks. There's legislation which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Let's take Adam Smith, the patron-saint of capitalism, what did he think? He thought the main human instinct was sympathy. In fact,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To object that the facts about human nature set limits on our ability to change the world and ourselves makes about as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The fact that all normal children acquire essentially comparable grammars of great complexity with remarkable rapidity suggests that human beings are somehow… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose I try to say the US carries out terror, in fact it's one of the leading terrorist states in the world.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, various lawyers' groups - to some extent in the U.S. but mostly in England and Canada and elsewhere - are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, by universal grammar I mean just that system of principles and structures that are the prerequisites for acquisition of language,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States has done some very good things in the world, and that does not change the fact that the World… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Republicans have picked that as the one thing that they want to hang on to to try to gain some political… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, it's pretty dramatic when you get to 1975, very revealing, the [Vietnam] war ends. Everybody had to write something about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have to recognize that there is a range of interests, like there isn't a single corporate interest and a single state… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Iceland is capitalist social democratic, rather like the Nordic countries generally. The capital had a mayor who is an anarchist, but the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you take a look at places like Harvard, it's striking. In the early ,50s, I think there were a handful of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Obama administration is dedicated to increasing terrorism. In fact, he is doing it all over the world. Obama is running the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
An unstated but crucial premise is that the "responsible men" achieve that exalted status by their service to authentic power, a fact… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Why not stakeholder action? There's no economic principal that says that management should be responsive to shareholders, in fact you can read… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If [Respulicans] can't get rid of [Obamacare], they're going to have to tell their base, we've been lying to you for the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Well, in fact if you look at the Trump voters, you take a look at their attitudes it's not all that different.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left… — 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
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