--- title: "9 Association Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "9 Association quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Association sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/noam-chomsky-42_association_one-of-the-real-problems-of-society-is-t_1282585.jpg" --- > [One of the real problems of society is that its far too atomized, what sociologists call secondary associations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-of-the-real-problems-of-society-is-that-its-far-too-atomized-what/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/noam-chomsky-42_association_one-of-the-real-problems-of-society-is-t_1282585.jpg) > [All forms of involuntary servitude are prohibited, not only slavery but also conscription, forced association, and forced welfare distribution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/all-forms-of-involuntary-servitude-are-prohibited-not-only-slavery/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/noam-chomsky-42_association_all-forms-of-involuntary-servitude-are-p_958932.jpg) > [ It \[the internet\] probably has the effect of weakening personal associations. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-the-internet-probably-has-the-effect-of-weakening-personal/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/noam-chomsky-42_association_it-the-internet-probably-has-the-effect_2854641.jpg) > [It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-is-true-that-classical-libertarian-thought-is-opposed-to-state/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/noam-chomsky-42_about_it-is-true-that-classical-libertarian-th_181065.jpg) > [If you're working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-re-working-50-hours-a-week-to-try-to-maintain-family-income/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/noam-chomsky-42_age_if-you-re-working-50-hours-a-week-to-try_2974765.jpg) > [Modern science and technology can relieve men of the necessity for specialized, imbecile labor. They may, in principle, provide the basis for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/modern-science-and-technology-can-relieve-men-of-the-necessity-for/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/noam-chomsky-42_association_modern-science-and-technology-can-reliev_641304.jpg) > [Anarcho-syndic alism took for granted that working people ought to control their own work, its conditions, the enterprises in which they work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anarcho-syndic-alism-took-for-granted-that-working-people-ought-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/noam-chomsky-42_association_anarcho-syndic-alism-took-for-granted-th_697999.jpg) > [A lot of association on the internet is highly constructive. There are people interacting, interchanging ideas, making plans, coordinating activities; take any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/a-lot-of-association-on-the-internet-is-highly-constructive-there-are/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/noam-chomsky-42_activity_a-lot-of-association-on-the-internet-is_1113209.jpg) > [I am a child of the Enlightenment. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-am-a-child-of-the-enlightenment-i-think-irrational-belief-is-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/noam-chomsky-42_association_i-am-a-child-of-the-enlightenment-i-thin_2856792.jpg) ## Other authors on Association ## 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/association/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "9 Association Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the real problems of society is that its far too atomized, what sociologists call secondary associations.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-of-the-real-problems-of-society-is-that-its-far-too-atomized-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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