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> [Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/citizens-of-the-democratic-societies-should-undertake-a-course-of/)

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> [Of course, everybody says they're for peace. Hitler was for peace. Everybody is for peace. The question is: What kind of peace?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/of-course-everybody-says-they-re-for-peace-hitler-was-for-peace/)

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> [There is a considerable polarization taking place here, increasing the gap between rich and poor. It's most dramatic in Third World countries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-a-considerable-polarization-taking-place-here-increasing-the/)

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> [I happen to agree with the anti-dictatorship policies, but I don't think it's the role of General Electric to support them or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-happen-to-agree-with-the-anti-dictatorship-policies-but-i-don-t/)

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> [What is important to us is to reverse the shameful course being pursued by America. It won't be easy, but it must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-is-important-to-us-is-to-reverse-the-shameful-course-being/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/mexico-is-a-pretty-poor-country-but-they-are-maintaining-a-free-high/)

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> [Latin America wants to decriminalize at least marijuana (maybe more or course;) the US wants to maintain it. An interesting story. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/latin-america-wants-to-decriminalize-at-least-marijuana-maybe-more-or/)

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> [Of course language arose in a Darwinian biological world, because that's all there is, but that world relates only superficially to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/of-course-language-arose-in-a-darwinian-biological-world-because-that/)

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> [The main purpose of advertising is to undermine markets. If you go to graduate school and you take a course in economics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-main-purpose-of-advertising-is-to-undermine-markets-if-you-go-to/)

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> [The current period of regression is registering some success in "producing people" who are subordinated to external power, diverted to such "superficial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-current-period-of-regression-is-registering-some-success-in/)

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> [The similarity is that concentration of capital influences virtually everything that goes on. It influences the way the media functions, it very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-similarity-is-that-concentration-of-capital-influences-virtually/)

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> [ US government policies are continuing to do exactly the same thing \[produce terrorism\]. Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/us-government-policies-are-continuing-to-do-exactly-the-same-thing/)

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> [The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-real-world-of-american-society-is-one-which-it-is-very-misleading/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [American imperialism has suffered a stunning defeat in Indochina. But the same forces are engaged In another war against a much less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/american-imperialism-has-suffered-a-stunning-defeat-in-indochina-but/)

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> [My feeling is that a human being or any complex organism has a system of cognitive structures that develop much in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/my-feeling-is-that-a-human-being-or-any-complex-organism-has-a-system/)

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> [Most of us who were opposed to the war, especially in the early '60's - the war we were opposed to was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/most-of-us-who-were-opposed-to-the-war-especially-in-the-early-60-s/)

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> [There had been a free and open election in Haiti in the early 1990s and president Jean-Bertrand Aristide won, a populist priest.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-had-been-a-free-and-open-election-in-haiti-in-the-early-1990s/)

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> [Just take ease of interchange between people. Your email is of course faster than letter - on the other hand the transition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/just-take-ease-of-interchange-between-people-your-email-is-of-course/)

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> [I think the press, by and large, is what we call "liberal". But of course what we call "liberal" means well to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-the-press-by-and-large-is-what-we-call-liberal-but-of-course/)

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> [What's the purpose of NATO? Well actually we have an official answer. It isn't publicized much, but a couple of years ago,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-s-the-purpose-of-nato-well-actually-we-have-an-official-answer/)

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> [If you take an economics or a political science course, you're taught that humans are supposed to be rational wealth accumulators, each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-take-an-economics-or-a-political-science-course-you-re-taught/)

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> [ \[Health-care system\] is largely privatized and unregulated. So of course it's highly inefficient and costly. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/health-care-system-is-largely-privatized-and-unregulated-so-of-course/)

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> [What I've called "the Mafia doctrine" in many publications: when the Godfather issues an edict, others must obey, or else. It's too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-i-ve-called-the-mafia-doctrine-in-many-publications-when-the/)

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> [I just went along with political activists and interested in other intellectual interests which I pursued kind of at random. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-just-went-along-with-political-activists-and-interested-in-other/)

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> [I had two spinster aunts who were seamstresses, and of course unemployed in the 1930s, but the union gave them a life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-had-two-spinster-aunts-who-were-seamstresses-and-of-course/)

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> [The market is regarded as democratic because everybody has a vote. Of course, some have more votes than others because your votes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-market-is-regarded-as-democratic-because-everybody-has-a-vote-of/)

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> [ Of course, we \[ with Edward Herman\] have a purpose: namely, to encourage readers to undertake what might be called "a course… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/of-course-we-with-edward-herman-have-a-purpose-namely-to-encourage/)

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> [My memory - faded, as I say - is that Paul Johnson was trying to vilify all intellectuals who were at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/my-memory-faded-as-i-say-is-that-paul-johnson-was-trying-to-vilify/)

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> [U.S. international and security policy ... has as its primary goal the preservationof what we might call the Fifth Freedom, understood crudely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/u-s-international-and-security-policy-has-as-its-primary-goal-the/)

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> [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/)

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> [Let's take Adam Smith, the patron-saint of capitalism, what did he think? He thought the main human instinct was sympathy. In fact,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/let-s-take-adam-smith-the-patron-saint-of-capitalism-what-did-he/)

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> [ The reaction we should be having to \[rich liberals\] is not ridicule, but rather self-criticism. Why aren't we organizing them? I mean,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-reaction-we-should-be-having-to-rich-liberals-is-not-ridicule-but/)

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> [Colombia was a big wheat producer in the 1950's. That was eliminated by what sounds like a nice plan, called "Food for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/colombia-was-a-big-wheat-producer-in-the-1950-s-that-was-eliminated/)

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> [ The communists basically acted as the police force of the security system of the \[Spain\] Republic and were very much opposed to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-communists-basically-acted-as-the-police-force-of-the-security/)

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> [From 1962 to 1965 the US was dedicated to try to prevent the independence of South Vietnam, the reason was of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/from-1962-to-1965-the-us-was-dedicated-to-try-to-prevent-the/)

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> [ I wrote an article about the marine landing \[in Haiti\] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-wrote-an-article-about-the-marine-landing-in-haiti-right-away-but/)

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> [Rush Limbaugh has answered - it's the rich liberals who own the banks and run the government, and of course run the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/rush-limbaugh-has-answered-it-s-the-rich-liberals-who-own-the-banks/)

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> [Very commonly I get queries. Somebody saw something of mine on YouTube and of course if there is a talk on YouTube,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/very-commonly-i-get-queries-somebody-saw-something-of-mine-on-youtube/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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