If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The most interesting - in fact, inspiring - people I met there [Porto Alegre] are those who remain nameless: representatives of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When leaders carry out policies for decades that have no consequences for the stated goal and are very costly, you have to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The actual consequences of Plan Colombia are to devastate peasant communities, which have been driven to drug production. These peasants have no… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The beam in our own eye is harder to detect, although - or more accurately because - to detect it, and remove… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Sea level rise and destruction of water resources as glaciers melt alone may have horrendous human consequences. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I do not see how we can rationally oppose high speed rail because of the environmental and other costs without considering the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When geologists announced the beginning of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, humans destroying the environment, one of the main things they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Melting of the huge Antarctic glaciers, proceeding more rapidly than anticipated, threatens a rise in sea level that will drive tens of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Anarcho-capitalism, in my opinion, is a doctrinal system which, if ever implemented, would lead to forms of tyranny and oppression that have… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I still think, despite everything, that the US is very unlikely to attack Iran. It could be a huge catastrophe; nobody knows… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Take, say, the solidarity movement in Central America, which I think is what you probably had in mind. To a large extent,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you and I go into a store to rob it, and I say "shoot," that's not protected. Like all judicial decisions… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
North Korea and China have proposed what sounds like a pretty sensible option that North Korea should end its development of nuclear… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't think you would have any trouble at all in deciding that you are thinking of some event and then visualizing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We don't think about it, but it has a tremendous effect. But these are things you don't see right in front of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions. — 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
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