--- title: "15 Critical Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "15 Critical quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Critical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/noam-chomsky-42_act_right-after-the-assassination-of-osama-b_2214415.jpg" --- > [Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/right-after-the-assassination-of-osama-bin-laden-amid-all-the-cheers/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/noam-chomsky-42_act_right-after-the-assassination-of-osama-b_2214415.jpg) > [What's called "liberal" in the intelectual culture means highly conformist to power, but mildly critical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-s-called-liberal-in-the-intelectual-culture-means-highly/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/noam-chomsky-42_conformist_what-s-called-liberal-in-the-intelectual_1566072.jpg) > [There is every likelihood that the Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-every-likelihood-that-the-jihadi-movement-much-of-it-highly/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/noam-chomsky-42_after_there-is-every-likelihood-that-the-jihad_538548.jpg) > [The "prophets" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. They provided critical geopolitical analysis, condemned the crimes of the powerful, called for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-prophets-were-what-we-would-call-dissident-intellectuals-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_the-prophets-were-what-we-would-call-dis_385822.jpg) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/noam-chomsky-42_courses_my-memory-faded-as-i-say-is-that-paul-jo_2416123.jpg) > [I know of only one country, at least to my knowledge, which has a dissident culture where leading figures, I mean, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-know-of-only-one-country-at-least-to-my-knowledge-which-has-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/noam-chomsky-42_civil-disobedience_i-know-of-only-one-country-at-least-to-m_1301796.jpg) > [Obama did organize a great large number of people and many enthusiastic people, what's called in the press 'Obama's Army.' But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/obama-did-organize-a-great-large-number-of-people-and-many/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/noam-chomsky-42_army_obama-did-organize-a-great-large-number_21477.jpg) > [Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-policy-is-deluged-by-crazed/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg) > [The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-smart-way-to-keep-people-passive-and-obedient-is-to-strictly/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/noam-chomsky-42_critical_the-smart-way-to-keep-people-passive-and_2579372.jpg) > [The beam in our own eye is harder to detect, although - or more accurately because - to detect it, and remove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-detect-although-or-more/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/noam-chomsky-42_beam_the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-det_701616.jpg) > [ \[Mikhail\] Gorbachev said that he would agree to the unification of Germany, and even adherence of Germany to NATO, which was quite… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/mikhail-gorbachev-said-that-he-would-agree-to-the-unification-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/noam-chomsky-42_adherence_mikhail-gorbachev-said-that-he-would-agr_2235252.jpg) > [There is extensive critical scholarship that provides illustrations in many areas of scholarship. I've discussed many cases myself, while also citing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-extensive-critical-scholarship-that-provides-illustrations/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/noam-chomsky-42_academic_there-is-extensive-critical-scholarship_1650639.jpg) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/noam-chomsky-42_courses_i-think-the-press-by-and-large-is-what-w_1040066.jpg) > [Go back to the Bible, the Old Testament. I mean there were people who we would call intelectuals, there, they were called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/go-back-to-the-bible-the-old-testament-i-mean-there-were-people-who/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_go-back-to-the-bible-the-old-testament-i_772042.jpg) > [Israel produces and stores chemical weapons. So therefore the US will prevent the Chemical Weapons Convention from being imposed on the Middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/israel-produces-and-stores-chemical-weapons-so-therefore-the-us-will/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/noam-chomsky-42_chemical-weapons_israel-produces-and-stores-chemical-weap_2719153.jpg) ## Other authors on Critical ## 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/critical/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "15 Critical Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the legality of the act.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/right-after-the-assassination-of-osama-bin-laden-amid-all-the-cheers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/noam-chomsky-42_act_right-after-the-assassination-of-osama-b_2214415.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/noam-chomsky-42_act_right-after-the-assassination-of-osama-b_2214415.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/noam-chomsky-42_act_right-after-the-assassination-of-osama-b_2214415.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What's called \"liberal\" in the intelectual culture means highly conformist to power, but mildly critical.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-s-called-liberal-in-the-intelectual-culture-means-highly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/noam-chomsky-42_conformist_what-s-called-liberal-in-the-intelectual_1566072.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/noam-chomsky-42_conformist_what-s-called-liberal-in-the-intelectual_1566072.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/noam-chomsky-42_conformist_what-s-called-liberal-in-the-intelectual_1566072.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's called \"liberal\" in the intelectual culture means highly conformist to power, but mildly critical.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is every likelihood that the Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined after 9/11.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-every-likelihood-that-the-jihadi-movement-much-of-it-highly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/noam-chomsky-42_after_there-is-every-likelihood-that-the-jihad_538548.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/noam-chomsky-42_after_there-is-every-likelihood-that-the-jihad_538548.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/noam-chomsky-42_after_there-is-every-likelihood-that-the-jihad_538548.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is every likelihood that the Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The \"prophets\" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. 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But the army is supposed to take instructions, not to implement, to introduce, develop programs and call on its own candidate to implement them. That's critical.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/obama-did-organize-a-great-large-number-of-people-and-many/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/noam-chomsky-42_army_obama-did-organize-a-great-large-number_21477.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/noam-chomsky-42_army_obama-did-organize-a-great-large-number_21477.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/noam-chomsky-42_army_obama-did-organize-a-great-large-number_21477.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Obama did organize a great large number of people and many enthusiastic people, what's called in the press…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords are accessed and messages sent out under their name! I'm sure it's illegal. It's also an effort to undermine free speech.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-policy-is-deluged-by-crazed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. 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I've discussed many cases myself, while also citing and often relying on academic studies that disentangle these webs of mystification woven for the general public. 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