--- title: "5 Commentators Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "5 Commentators quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Commentators sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/noam-chomsky-42_commentators_republican-party-is-correctly-described_1590442.jpg" --- > [ \[ Republican Party\] is correctly described as a "radical insurgency" by one of the leading conservative commentators, Norman Ornstein. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/republican-party-is-correctly-described-as-a-radical-insurgency-by/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/noam-chomsky-42_commentators_republican-party-is-correctly-described_1590442.jpg) > [What I've called "the Mafia doctrine" in many publications: when the Godfather issues an edict, others must obey, or else. It's too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-i-ve-called-the-mafia-doctrine-in-many-publications-when-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/noam-chomsky-42_affair_what-i-ve-called-the-mafia-doctrine-in-m_2106056.jpg) > [Concentration of ownership in the media is high and increasing. Furthermore, those who occupy managerial positions in the media, or gain status…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/concentration-of-ownership-in-the-media-is-high-and-increasing/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/noam-chomsky-42_aspiration_concentration-of-ownership-in-the-media_2614358.jpg) > [You might recall, perhaps, that we were probably the only commentators to rely on the most knowledgeable source, State Department intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-might-recall-perhaps-that-we-were-probably-the-only-commentators/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/noam-chomsky-42_commentators_you-might-recall-perhaps-that-we-were-pr_2900735.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) ## Other authors on Commentators ## 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/commentators/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "5 Commentators Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[ Republican Party] is correctly described as a \"radical insurgency\" by one of the leading conservative commentators, Norman Ornstein.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/republican-party-is-correctly-described-as-a-radical-insurgency-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/noam-chomsky-42_commentators_republican-party-is-correctly-described_1590442.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/noam-chomsky-42_commentators_republican-party-is-correctly-described_1590442.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/noam-chomsky-42_commentators_republican-party-is-correctly-described_1590442.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[ Republican Party] is correctly described as a \"radical insurgency\" by one of the leading conservative…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I've called \"the Mafia doctrine\" in many publications: when the Godfather issues an edict, others must obey, or else. 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