There was a really monstrous and almost literal genocide in the Mayan area, specifically under Ríos Montt. By now it has been… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The "prophets" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. They provided critical geopolitical analysis, condemned the crimes of the powerful, called for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
An individual's refusal to carry out the criminal acts of his government sets the stage, in the most effective way possible, for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose that I see a hungry child in the street, and I am able to offer the child some food. Am I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are people on the left who say, Look, we can't let these atrocities go on, so let's enter the war and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“If you don't recognize your own crimes, there's no impediment to continuing them. There's a pretty dramatic example of that right at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our current prison state has the dual effect of getting rid of a superfluous population of basically unskilled workers (with a close… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going back hundreds of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The invasion of Panama, what was that? The U.S. killed, according to the Panamanians, 3,000 civilians. Maybe they're right. We don't investigate… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The intellectual world is deeply conformist... We talk a lot about the crimes of others. When it comes to our own crimes,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Enormous and growing parts of the population are basically superfluous for profit-making purposes. Along with this, the jail population is increasing very… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If in fact, the US story is correct, if it is true that Syria used chemical weapons, then it wouldn't be a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“But until you ask why there’s an increase in social disintegration, and why more and more resources are being directed towards the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's fine to criticize somebody else's crimes and misdeeds, but you don't talk about your own. The only exception is a country… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The crime of liberation theology was that it takes the Gospels seriously. That's unacceptable. The Gospels are radical pacifist material, if you… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To achieve respectability, to be admitted to the debate, they must accept without question or inquiry the fundamental doctrine that the state… — 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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