There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I am not too happy with terms like “the left”, to be honest. And I don’t use it much….if by “the left”… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a very committed effort to convert the US into something resembling a Third World society, where a few people have enormous… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Plainly, such an approach does not exclude other ways of trying to comprehend the world. Someone committed to it (as I am)… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The crimes committed against the people of West Papua are some of the most shameful of the past years. The Western powers… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The most dramatic case is that of the Central Americans. Why are people fleeing Central America? It's because of the atrocities the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Nothing is more inspiring to see how poor and suffering people, living under conditions incomparably worse than we endure, continue quietly and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg principles. They understand that… — 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