--- title: "12 Concerned Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "12 Concerned quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Concerned sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/noam-chomsky-42_affair_the-united-states-is-a-very-insular-soci_558802.jpg" --- > [The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-united-states-is-a-very-insular-society-most-people-know-very/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/noam-chomsky-42_affair_the-united-states-is-a-very-insular-soci_558802.jpg) > [I have never really thought that the Left was much in 'array' as far as political purposes were concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-have-never-really-thought-that-the-left-was-much-in-array-as-far-as/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/noam-chomsky-42_array_i-have-never-really-thought-that-the-lef_2482571.jpg) > [I think the Christian Coalition could be extremely dangerous. We should always be concerned when any group wants to impose their doctrinal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-the-christian-coalition-could-be-extremely-dangerous-we/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/noam-chomsky-42_christian_i-think-the-christian-coalition-could-be_1613557.jpg) > [I don't like piracy but if anybody's concerned about piracy, why don't they pay attention to our role in it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-like-piracy-but-if-anybody-s-concerned-about-piracy-why-don-t/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/noam-chomsky-42_attention_i-don-t-like-piracy-but-if-anybody-s-con_1185039.jpg) > [As far as DSA is concerned, I'm perfectly happy to be associated with it while disagreeing with a large part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-far-as-dsa-is-concerned-i-m-perfectly-happy-to-be-associated-with/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/noam-chomsky-42_concerned_as-far-as-dsa-is-concerned-i-m-perfectly_3188030.jpg) > [All you have to do is read the business literature. In the 1930s they were very frightened and they were concerned about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/all-you-have-to-do-is-read-the-business-literature-in-the-1930s-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/noam-chomsky-42_1930s_all-you-have-to-do-is-read-the-business_2964855.jpg) > [No one is concerned with Central America anymore. If a million people are facing starvation in northern Nicaragua and Honduras, it's none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/no-one-is-concerned-with-central-america-anymore-if-a-million-people/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/noam-chomsky-42_america_no-one-is-concerned-with-central-america_1859004.jpg) > [I've spent a lot of time working on declassified documents - and they do get declassified after decades - you look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-ve-spent-a-lot-of-time-working-on-declassified-documents-and-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/noam-chomsky-42_concerned_i-ve-spent-a-lot-of-time-working-on-decl_935107.jpg) > [Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a trained expert, can solve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concerned-with-human-rights-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/noam-chomsky-42_anyone_anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concern_2877927.jpg) > [Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/even-in-the-1950s-president-eisenhower-was-concerned-about-what-he/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/noam-chomsky-42_about_even-in-the-1950s-president-eisenhower-w_2135337.jpg) > [As far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, he is a decent, honest person, and I supported him. What he means by socialism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-far-as-bernie-sanders-is-concerned-he-is-a-decent-honest-person/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/noam-chomsky-42_calling_as-far-as-bernie-sanders-is-concerned-he_1153575.jpg) > [Compare mathematics and the political sciences - it's quite striking. In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/compare-mathematics-and-the-political-sciences-it-s-quite-striking-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/noam-chomsky-42_accepted_compare-mathematics-and-the-political-sc_2461211.jpg) ## Other authors on Concerned ## 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/concerned/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "12 Concerned Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much. 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Ergo, it is only problems of the latter sort that are important or real.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concerned-with-human-rights-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/noam-chomsky-42_anyone_anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concern_2877927.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/noam-chomsky-42_anyone_anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concern_2877927.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/noam-chomsky-42_anyone_anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concern_2877927.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/even-in-the-1950s-president-eisenhower-was-concerned-about-what-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/noam-chomsky-42_about_even-in-the-1950s-president-eisenhower-w_2135337.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/noam-chomsky-42_about_even-in-the-1950s-president-eisenhower-w_2135337.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/noam-chomsky-42_about_even-in-the-1950s-president-eisenhower-w_2135337.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, he is a decent, honest person, and I supported him. What he means by socialism is New Deal Liberalism. In fact, his actual policies would not have been a great surprise to General Eisenhower. The fact that this is called a \"political revolution\" is a sign of how far to the right the political spectrum has shifted, mainly in the last 30 years since the neoliberal programs began to be instituted. 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