Country Quotes by Noam Chomsky

Pakistan is not a unified country.

— Noam Chomsky

The U.S. is different from Europe and other industrial countries.

— Noam Chomsky

A lot of countries break (or go against) the international law.

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The United States is absolutely the most dangerous country in the world.

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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.

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The United States is unique among the rich countries, developed countries, in not having some kind of a national health-care system.

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I think this country and the world would be far better off if the US is not an outlaw state.

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The poorest country in South America, Bolivia, had been devastated by neoliberal economic policies.

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This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I think somebody watching us from Mars—they would think the country has gone insane.

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Hamas is a political party and political parties don't recognize other countries.

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The US health-care system is a complete scandal. It's got twice the costs of comparable countries and some of the worst outcomes.

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The US reasserted control over Nicaragua in 1990. Since then, the country has experienced a steep decline. It's now the second poorest…

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Evaluating countries is senseless and I would never put things in those terms, but that some of America's advances, particularly in the…

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A default of the US government would not only be very harmful here, it would probably send the country back into deep…

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Mexico is a pretty poor country, but they are maintaining a free, high quality public education system, not for everyone of course…

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It is an astonishing fact about the current era that in the most powerful country in world history, with a high level…

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The US intervened in the Philippines to uplift and christianize the backward people, killing a couple of hundred thousand of them and…

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States are violent institutions. The government of any country, including ours, represents some sort of domestic power structure, and it's usually violent.…

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In every country except - industrial country except the United States, the government uses its massive purchasing power to negotiate drug prices.…

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There's a strong nativist tradition - saying, "we have to protect ourselves" - that comes from the founding of the country. If…

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CEOs pretty much pick the boards that give them salaries and bonuses. That's one of the reasons why the CEO-to-payment [ratio] has…

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We should recall that during the Second World War and the Great Depression there was an upsurge in popular, radical democracy. In…

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If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they…

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It's not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures- it's inevitable. But unless the…

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To pay attention to the actual core of the movement - that would be pretty hard. Can you concentrate for example on…

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There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age…

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The lessons are, unfortunately, that a small weak country that is facing an extremely hostile and very violent superpower will not make…

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In America, we happen to be living in a third world country from the point of view of economic and social development.…

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In other countries, rich and poor, education remains substantially free, with educational standards that rank high in global comparisons. Even in the…

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In fact, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 bans militarization. Potential adversaries of the US, and even its allies, are so far…

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Orwell says straight, look, in England what comes out in a free country is not very different from this totalitarian monster that…

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I choose to live in what I think is the greatest country in the world, which is committing horrendous terrorist acts and…

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Workers in different countries can easily be played off against each other.

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What's important in Libya is, first of all, it has a good deal of oil. A lot of the country is unexplored;…

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The two countries [Pakistan and India] have already come close to nuclear confrontation twice and this could get worse. So dealing with…

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The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education…

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Colombia is potentially a very wealthy country. It has tremendous resources, but its wealth is highly concentrated. Most of the population lives…

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I mean you look back at American history and American culture, it's pretty striking. I mean this has been the safest country…

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For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration…

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You can't get votes that way. So [the Republicans] have been compelled to mobilize a base of voters and gone to elements…

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