The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it's hardly a traditional political party anymore. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Republican and Democratic Parties are only factions of the Government Party. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are two parties, so-called, but they're really factions of the same party, the Business Party. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hamas is a political party and political parties don't recognize other countries. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[There is] is all part of the whole neoliberal shift in the economy. But the parties have shifted to the right. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[ Republican Party] is correctly described as a "radical insurgency" by one of the leading conservative commentators, Norman Ornstein. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The US is off the spectrum in religious commitment. It's been increasing since 1980 but it's a major part of the voting… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the United States, the political system is a very marginal affair. There are two parties, so-called, but they're really factions of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The dynamics of the Taliban now appear to be very different and complex, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they attack governments… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The time to be political is not when you have parties and carnivals, it's kind of a show, the election. It affects… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
They [the union] were members of the Communist Party - they didn't care one way or another about Russia, they just cared… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Republicans went so far to the right that they just can't get votes. They've become a dedicated party of the very… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have never had class-based parties. We've had parties run by the business classes. There's slight variations. Like in the New Deal… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a very striking fact about the elections which you can't miss if you looked at the red-and-blue electoral map the next… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The idea that Hezbollah is acting as an agent of Iran is very dubious. It's not accepted by specialists on Iran or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Work can be undertaken to create an authentic independent political party, a real party, based on popular participation from the ground up,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The most powerful country in world history, which is sure to set its stamp on what follows, placed the entire government (executive,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a split in the US about how this [split] will be resolved. The main point to look at is the split… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Look, the United States doesn't have political parties. In other countries, take say Europe, you can be an active member of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[The Republican Party] for example, they do run the House of Representatives, they're a majority there, and it's the House that is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It happened: the first 9/11, it happened on September 11, 1973, in Chile. We did it. Was that interfering or hacking a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Now, the Libertarian Party, is a *capitalist* party. It's in favor of what *I* would regard a *particular form* of authoritarian control.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Activism spawned by Sanders campaign is beginning to make inroads into electoral politics. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party pretty much collapsed… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There could be an independent labor-based party, which might over time become an important force the way the Labor Party did in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump has been very inconsistent on many things; on Twitter he's been all over the place, but some of it is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Republican Party has pretty much abandoned any pretense of being a traditional political party. It's in lockstep obedience to the very… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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
Even in a largely depoliticized society such as the United States, with no political parties or opposition press beyond the narrow spectrum… — 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
Stock ownership in the US is very highly concentrated. [Shareholder actions are] something, but it's like the old Communist Party in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The media are a corporate monopoly. They have the same point of view. The two parties are two factions of the business… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Tea Party movement itself is maybe 15, 20 percent of the electorate. It's relatively affluent, white, nativist. You know, it has… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Half of the [USA] population, roughly, thinks the world was created a couple thousand years ago. Two thirds of the country is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Since November 8, 2017 the United States is literally alone in the world in first of all refusing to join in efforts… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Sanders campaign showed that a candidate with mildly progressive programs could win the nomination, maybe the election, even without the backing… — 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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![“[Donald] Trump has been very inconsistent on many things; on Twitter he's been all over the place, but some of it is very consistent. That is: Do nothing about climate change except make it worse. And he's not just speaking for himself, but for the whole Republican Party, the whole leadership…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6e8/noam-chomsky-42_change_donald-trump-has-been-very-inconsistent_886141.jpg)
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