--- title: "15 Barack Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "15 Barack quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Barack sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/noam-chomsky-42_barack_i-had-no-expectations-about-barack-obama_1548172.jpg" --- > [I had no expectations about Barack Obama and I'm not in the least disillusioned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-had-no-expectations-about-barack-obama-and-i-m-not-in-the-least/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/noam-chomsky-42_barack_i-had-no-expectations-about-barack-obama_1548172.jpg) > [ \[Barack\] Obama was reaching a point \[with Syria bombing\] where he might not have been able to carry it off.He was losing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/barack-obama-was-reaching-a-point-with-syria-bombing-where-he-might/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/noam-chomsky-42_able_barack-obama-was-reaching-a-point-with-s_1066059.jpg) > [I think the foreign policy is really not Donald Trump administration concern. Like the Syria strike. I mean, it meant almost nothing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-the-foreign-policy-is-really-not-donald-trump-administration/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/noam-chomsky-42_barack_i-think-the-foreign-policy-is-really-not_1407314.jpg) > [ The \[Barack\] Obama administration has pressured Mexico to keep them away from the Mexican border, so that they don't succeed in reaching… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-barack-obama-administration-has-pressured-mexico-to-keep-them/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/noam-chomsky-42_administration_the-barack-obama-administration-has-pres_2458791.jpg) > [ What happened in Syria was, President \[Barack\] Obama had made a statement announcing what he called his "red line": You can't use… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-happened-in-syria-was-president-barack-obama-had-made-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/noam-chomsky-42_announcing_what-happened-in-syria-was-president-bar_433560.jpg) > [ If \[Barack\] Obama or the boss or the newspapers or anyone else tells you they're doing this, that, or the other thing,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-barack-obama-or-the-boss-or-the-newspapers-or-anyone-else-tells/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/noam-chomsky-42_assume_if-barack-obama-or-the-boss-or-the-newsp_74402.jpg) > [Barack Obama is an opportunist, mostly supported by the financial institutions. He had no positions on anything. He's very intelligent. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/barack-obama-is-an-opportunist-mostly-supported-by-the-financial/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7a/noam-chomsky-42_barack_barack-obama-is-an-opportunist-mostly-su_1246952.jpg) > [ The community itself didn't support the union. Now that's kind of interesting about \[Barack\] Obama, because Obama was supposedly a community organizer… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-community-itself-didn-t-support-the-union-now-that-s-kind-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/noam-chomsky-42_barack_the-community-itself-didn-t-support-the_1963103.jpg) > [This would be a very good moment to institute a call for imposing the Chemical Weapons Convention on the Middle East. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/this-would-be-a-very-good-moment-to-institute-a-call-for-imposing-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/119/noam-chomsky-42_addresses_this-would-be-a-very-good-moment-to-inst_3199463.jpg) > [President Barack Obama, to his credit, has given - issued personal pardons in deserving cases. But he should go far beyond. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/president-barack-obama-to-his-credit-has-given-issued-personal/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/noam-chomsky-42_barack_president-barack-obama-to-his-credit-has_629767.jpg) > [There's an interesting book by the former Brazilian ambassador Celso Amorim. In 2010, he initiated an effort along with Turkey to settle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-an-interesting-book-by-the-former-brazilian-ambassador-celso/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/noam-chomsky-42_barack_there-s-an-interesting-book-by-the-forme_2728368.jpg) > [ Luckily for \[Barack\] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal \[to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons\] which he quickly… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/luckily-for-barack-obama-the-russians-came-along-and-rescued-him-with/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/noam-chomsky-42_accepted_luckily-for-barack-obama-the-russians-ca_2388051.jpg) > [Just recently, the administration of Barack Obama, which has broken all sorts of records in regards to deportation, picked up a Guatemalan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/just-recently-the-administration-of-barack-obama-which-has-broken-all/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/noam-chomsky-42_administration_just-recently-the-administration-of-bara_1382755.jpg) > [ Private sector unionization is down to practically seven percent. Meanwhile the public sector unions have kind of sustained themselves \[even\] under attack,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/private-sector-unionization-is-down-to-practically-seven-percent/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/noam-chomsky-42_barack_private-sector-unionization-is-down-to-p_1174817.jpg) > [Activism spawned by Sanders campaign is beginning to make inroads into electoral politics. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party pretty much collapsed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/activism-spawned-by-sanders-campaign-is-beginning-to-make-inroads/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b50/noam-chomsky-42_activism_activism-spawned-by-sanders-campaign-is_1570789.jpg) ## Other authors on Barack ## 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/barack/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "15 Barack Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had no expectations about Barack Obama and I'm not in the least disillusioned.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-had-no-expectations-about-barack-obama-and-i-m-not-in-the-least/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/noam-chomsky-42_barack_i-had-no-expectations-about-barack-obama_1548172.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/noam-chomsky-42_barack_i-had-no-expectations-about-barack-obama_1548172.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/noam-chomsky-42_barack_i-had-no-expectations-about-barack-obama_1548172.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had no expectations about Barack Obama and I'm not in the least disillusioned.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Barack] Obama was reaching a point [with Syria bombing] where he might not have been able to carry it off.He was losing support internally, and was compelled to send the vote to Congress, and it looked as if he was going to be defeated, which would have been a very serious blow to his presidency, to his authority.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/barack-obama-was-reaching-a-point-with-syria-bombing-where-he-might/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/noam-chomsky-42_able_barack-obama-was-reaching-a-point-with-s_1066059.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/noam-chomsky-42_able_barack-obama-was-reaching-a-point-with-s_1066059.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/noam-chomsky-42_able_barack-obama-was-reaching-a-point-with-s_1066059.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Barack] Obama was reaching a point [with Syria bombing] where he might not have been able to carry it…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the foreign policy is really not Donald Trump administration concern. 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It was only 15 years ago, after all, but that's a real triumph of propaganda in many ways.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-community-itself-didn-t-support-the-union-now-that-s-kind-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/noam-chomsky-42_barack_the-community-itself-didn-t-support-the_1963103.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/noam-chomsky-42_barack_the-community-itself-didn-t-support-the_1963103.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/noam-chomsky-42_barack_the-community-itself-didn-t-support-the_1963103.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The community itself didn't support the union. 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But he should go far beyond. He should proceed to what is in fact an urgent necessity: to grant a general pardon to 11 million people who are living and working here, productive citizens in all but name, threatened with deportation by the incoming Donald Trump administration. 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