--- title: "9 Alternatives Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "9 Alternatives quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Alternatives sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/noam-chomsky-42_alternative-energy_popular-support-for-alternative-energy-h_97565.jpg" --- > [Popular support for alternative energy has been very high for years. But it harms corporate profits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/popular-support-for-alternative-energy-has-been-very-high-for-years/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/noam-chomsky-42_alternative-energy_popular-support-for-alternative-energy-h_97565.jpg) > [If the rewiring of the brain that yielded recursive generation of hierarchically structured expressions took place in an individual, not a group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-the-rewiring-of-the-brain-that-yielded-recursive-generation-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/noam-chomsky-42_alternatives_if-the-rewiring-of-the-brain-that-yielde_675708.jpg) > [The rise of what's called Islamic fundamentalism is to a significant extent a result of the collapse of secular nationalist alternatives which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-rise-of-what-s-called-islamic-fundamentalism-is-to-a-significant/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/noam-chomsky-42_alternatives_the-rise-of-what-s-called-islamic-fundam_497578.jpg) > [Venezuela is independent. It's diversifying its exports to a limited extent, instead of just being dependent on exports to the United States.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/venezuela-is-independent-it-s-diversifying-its-exports-to-a-limited/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/noam-chomsky-42_alternatives_venezuela-is-independent-it-s-diversifyi_2309275.jpg) > [I have not suggested that the emergence of language is instantaneous. Rather, that the rewiring of the brain enabling an infinite array…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-have-not-suggested-that-the-emergence-of-language-is-instantaneous/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/noam-chomsky-42_alternatives_i-have-not-suggested-that-the-emergence_223317.jpg) > [What has to be done today is (1) large-scale conversion (weatherizing , etc.), (2) sharp change in transportation to greater efficiency, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-has-to-be-done-today-is-1-large-scale-conversion-weatherizing/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/noam-chomsky-42_adjustment_what-has-to-be-done-today-is-1-large-sca_1526310.jpg) > [ There's an interesting question, whether the anarchists had alternatives \[in Spain\]. If they did tend to support the government that had been… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-an-interesting-question-whether-the-anarchists-had/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/noam-chomsky-42_alternatives_there-s-an-interesting-question-whether_2538541.jpg) > [I did not say that language as a completed system emerged in an individual in an instant. But I cannot think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-did-not-say-that-language-as-a-completed-system-emerged-in-an/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/noam-chomsky-42_alternatives_i-did-not-say-that-language-as-a-complet_2843038.jpg) > [The most extreme types, like Murray Rothbard, are at least honest. They'd like to eliminate highway taxes because they force you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-most-extreme-types-like-murray-rothbard-are-at-least-honest-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/noam-chomsky-42_alternatives_the-most-extreme-types-like-murray-rothb_1207193.jpg) ## Other authors on Alternatives ## More by Noam Chomsky > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-costs-of-the-bush-obama-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-are-now/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-believe-in-democracy-why-shouldn-t-you-know-what-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-a-shameful-moment-for-u-s-media-when-it-insists-on-being/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-questions-as-to-whether-it-should-even-exist-who-should/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/governments-regard-their-own-citizens-as-their-main-enemy-and-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-join-the-new-atheists-so-for-example-i-wouldn-t-have-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-thing-you-ought-to-do-is-verify-what-i-present-just-because/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [ I wrote an article about the marine landing \[in Haiti\] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-wrote-an-article-about-the-marine-landing-in-haiti-right-away-but/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/american-society-is-now-remarkably-atomized-political-organizations/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/discovery-is-the-ability-to-be-puzzled-by-simple-things-noam-chomsky/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-an-interesting-book-about-that-called-the-third-reich-and-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/this-is-class-war-on-an-international-scale-and-power-is-in-the-hands/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-big-extremely-irrational-parts-of-the-society-and-they-have/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-plenty-to-criticize-about-the-mass-media-but-they-are-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-50-000-korean-mercenaries-we-had-in-vietnam-were-professional/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternatives/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "9 Alternatives Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Popular support for alternative energy has been very high for years. 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