--- title: "7 Controlled Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "7 Controlled quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Controlled sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/noam-chomsky-42_advertising_advertising-is-tax-deductible-so-we-all_468224.jpg" --- > [Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/advertising-is-tax-deductible-so-we-all-pay-for-the-privilege-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/noam-chomsky-42_advertising_advertising-is-tax-deductible-so-we-all_468224.jpg) > [Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/some-kind-of-settlement-in-kashmir-is-crucial-for-both-india-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/noam-chomsky-42_armed-forces_some-kind-of-settlement-in-kashmir-is-cr_683475.jpg) > [ Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both countries \[Pakistan and India\]. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/some-kind-of-settlement-in-kashmir-is-crucial-for-both-countries/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/noam-chomsky-42_armed-forces_some-kind-of-settlement-in-kashmir-is-cr_1218456.jpg) > [ It \[the internet\] should be publicly controlled but Washington is not a system of public control, it's mainly a system of corporate… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-the-internet-should-be-publicly-controlled-but-washington-is-not-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/094/noam-chomsky-42_controlled_it-the-internet-should-be-publicly-contr_1305454.jpg) > [You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated and controlled by a subtle propaganda system -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-don-t-have-any-other-society-where-the-educated-classes-are-so/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_you-don-t-have-any-other-society-where-t_1321454.jpg) > [Historically, several policy domains, including that of foreign policy towards the US and India, budget allocations etc, have been controlled by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/historically-several-policy-domains-including-that-of-foreign-policy/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/noam-chomsky-42_allocation_historically-several-policy-domains-incl_1492071.jpg) > [The internet, since it is publicly created, ought to be publicly controlled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-internet-since-it-is-publicly-created-ought-to-be-publicly/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/noam-chomsky-42_controlled_the-internet-since-it-is-publicly-create_3192145.jpg) ## Other authors on Controlled ## 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/controlled/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "7 Controlled Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/advertising-is-tax-deductible-so-we-all-pay-for-the-privilege-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/noam-chomsky-42_advertising_advertising-is-tax-deductible-so-we-all_468224.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/noam-chomsky-42_advertising_advertising-is-tax-deductible-so-we-all_468224.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/noam-chomsky-42_advertising_advertising-is-tax-deductible-so-we-all_468224.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. 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