--- title: "10 Course Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "10 Course quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Course sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/noam-chomsky-42_course_obama-of-course-outspent-mccain-3069939_3069939.jpg" --- > [Obama, of course, outspent McCain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/obama-of-course-outspent-mccain/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/noam-chomsky-42_course_obama-of-course-outspent-mccain-3069939_3069939.jpg) > [After my first year of college, each course I took in every field was so boring that I didn't even go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/after-my-first-year-of-college-each-course-i-took-in-every-field-was/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/noam-chomsky-42_after_after-my-first-year-of-college-each-cour_2781922.jpg) > [Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/turkey-must-find-its-place-if-of-course-it-can-heal-its-internal/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/noam-chomsky-42_course_turkey-must-find-its-place-if-of-course_2635697.jpg) > [In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence. It is also a course of action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-kosovo-the-u-s-has-chosen-a-course-of-action-that-escalates/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/noam-chomsky-42_action_in-kosovo-the-u-s-has-chosen-a-course-of_1831719.jpg) > [France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a 'third force,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/france-had-a-policy-initiated-by-general-de-gaulle-of-trying-to-turn/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/noam-chomsky-42_course_france-had-a-policy-initiated-by-general_2067440.jpg) > [The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-whole-infrastructure-of-air-travel-was-and-is-part-of-government/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/noam-chomsky-42_air_the-whole-infrastructure-of-air-travel-w_2149933.jpg) > [As for my own views, they've of course evolved over the years. This conception of 'renouncing beliefs' is very odd, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-for-my-own-views-they-ve-of-course-evolved-over-the-years-this/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/noam-chomsky-42_about_as-for-my-own-views-they-ve-of-course-ev_400275.jpg) > [From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies of systematically taking over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/from-the-u-s-point-of-view-negotiations-are-in-effect-a-way-for/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/noam-chomsky-42_bank_from-the-u-s-point-of-view-negotiations_3174991.jpg) > [Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/two-days-after-the-boston-marathon-bombings-there-was-a-drone-strike/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/noam-chomsky-42_after_two-days-after-the-boston-marathon-bombi_1242163.jpg) > [Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/nicaragua-dealt-with-the-problem-of-terrorism-in-exactly-the-right/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/noam-chomsky-42_brought_nicaragua-dealt-with-the-problem-of-terr_2480216.jpg) ## Other authors on Course ## 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/course/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "10 Course Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Obama, of course, outspent McCain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/obama-of-course-outspent-mccain/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/noam-chomsky-42_course_obama-of-course-outspent-mccain-3069939_3069939.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/noam-chomsky-42_course_obama-of-course-outspent-mccain-3069939_3069939.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/noam-chomsky-42_course_obama-of-course-outspent-mccain-3069939_3069939.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Obama, of course, outspent McCain.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "After my first year of college, each course I took in every field was so boring that I didn't even go to the classes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/after-my-first-year-of-college-each-course-i-took-in-every-field-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/noam-chomsky-42_after_after-my-first-year-of-college-each-cour_2781922.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/noam-chomsky-42_after_after-my-first-year-of-college-each-cour_2781922.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/noam-chomsky-42_after_after-my-first-year-of-college-each-cour_2781922.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“After my first year of college, each course I took in every field was so boring that I didn't even go to the…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial Kurdish issue.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/turkey-must-find-its-place-if-of-course-it-can-heal-its-internal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/noam-chomsky-42_course_turkey-must-find-its-place-if-of-course_2635697.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/noam-chomsky-42_course_turkey-must-find-its-place-if-of-course_2635697.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/noam-chomsky-42_course_turkey-must-find-its-place-if-of-course_2635697.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence. 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