When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn't producing any more. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Unlike Europe, China can't be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they've… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you're in favour of any policy - reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever - if you're at least minimally moral, it's because… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In 1993, Israel and North Korea were moving towards an agreement in which North Korea would stop sending any missiles or military… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My own feeling is that one should refuse to participate in any activity that implements American aggression - thus tax refusal, draft… — 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 Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image