--- title: "14 Claims Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "14 Claims quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Claims sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/noam-chomsky-42_claims_if-you-claim-to-have-a-theory-that-deduc_82040.jpg" --- > [If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-claim-to-have-a-theory-that-deduces-unexpected-consequences/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/noam-chomsky-42_claims_if-you-claim-to-have-a-theory-that-deduc_82040.jpg) > [The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-american-claim-that-the-bombing-of-north-vietnam-was-directed/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/noam-chomsky-42_against_the-american-claim-that-the-bombing-of-n_641262.jpg) > [Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/washington-still-refuses-to-provide-evidence-to-support-the-claims-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/noam-chomsky-42_border_washington-still-refuses-to-provide-evid_1804457.jpg) > [As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-international-support-for-obama-s-decision-to-attack-syria-has/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/noam-chomsky-42_administration_as-international-support-for-obama-s-dec_1029835.jpg) > [ When \[ Paul Johnson\] got to me he was in trouble, because I'm an old-fashioned conservative: married when I was 21, stayed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-paul-johnson-got-to-me-he-was-in-trouble-because-i-m-an-old/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/noam-chomsky-42_claims_when-paul-johnson-got-to-me-he-was-in-tr_1427228.jpg) > [Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: 'What is the scientific status…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/presented-with-the-claims-of-nineteenth-century-racist-anthropology-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/noam-chomsky-42_anthropology_presented-with-the-claims-of-nineteenth_2676746.jpg) > [I haven't seen any claim that Piraha lacks recursion, that is, that there are a finite number of sentences or sentence frames.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-haven-t-seen-any-claim-that-piraha-lacks-recursion-that-is-that/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/noam-chomsky-42_capacity_i-haven-t-seen-any-claim-that-piraha-lac_2970116.jpg) > [Those who actually do have a valid claim to such special competence have a particular obligation to make very clear to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/those-who-actually-do-have-a-valid-claim-to-such-special-competence/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/noam-chomsky-42_affair_those-who-actually-do-have-a-valid-claim_1616770.jpg) > [When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-israelis-in-the-occupied-territories-now-claim-that-they-have-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/noam-chomsky-42_claims_when-israelis-in-the-occupied-territorie_2368675.jpg) > [ You can read it in history books now, but they often suppress the fact that the U.S. government tolerated \[Nazi\]. It's really… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-can-read-it-in-history-books-now-but-they-often-suppress-the-fact/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/noam-chomsky-42_book_you-can-read-it-in-history-books-now-but_2812980.jpg) > [The beam in our own eye is harder to detect, although - or more accurately because - to detect it, and remove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-detect-although-or-more/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/noam-chomsky-42_beam_the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-det_701616.jpg) > [I don't claim to know a lot about Mexico, but I did talk to quite a number of left Mexican intelectuals, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-claim-to-know-a-lot-about-mexico-but-i-did-talk-to-quite-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/noam-chomsky-42_activism_i-don-t-claim-to-know-a-lot-about-mexico_2024768.jpg) > [If you look at US internal documents, they explain very clearly what the threat of Cuba was. So, back in the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-look-at-us-internal-documents-they-explain-very-clearly-what/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_if-you-look-at-us-internal-documents-the_2980497.jpg) > [The Bolshevik revolution was a counter-revolution. Its first moves were to destroy and eliminate every socialist tendency that had developed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-bolshevik-revolution-was-a-counter-revolution-its-first-moves/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/noam-chomsky-42_bigs_the-bolshevik-revolution-was-a-counter-r_975639.jpg) ## Other authors on Claims ## 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/claims/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "14 Claims Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-claim-to-have-a-theory-that-deduces-unexpected-consequences/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/noam-chomsky-42_claims_if-you-claim-to-have-a-theory-that-deduc_82040.jpg", "contentUrl": 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You can't defend yourself when you're militarily occupying someone else's land. That's not defense. Call it what you like, it's not defense.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-israelis-in-the-occupied-territories-now-claim-that-they-have-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/noam-chomsky-42_claims_when-israelis-in-the-occupied-territorie_2368675.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/noam-chomsky-42_claims_when-israelis-in-the-occupied-territorie_2368675.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/noam-chomsky-42_claims_when-israelis-in-the-occupied-territorie_2368675.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can read it in history books now, but they often suppress the fact that the U.S. government tolerated [Nazi]. It's really remarkable because they claim that [Franklin] Roosevelt was impeded by the Neutrality Act. On the other hand, he bitterly condemned a Mexican businessman for sending several guns to the Republic. 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That there's a lot of popular, kind of, concern and activism, but it is very fragmented. That the groups have very specific, narrow agendas and they don't interact and cooperate with one another. Ok, that's something you have to overcome to build a mass popular movement. 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