--- title: "28 Dangerous Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "28 Dangerous quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Dangerous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/noam-chomsky-42_cybersecurity_it-s-dangerous-when-people-are-willing-t_1522617.jpg" --- > [It's dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-dangerous-when-people-are-willing-to-give-up-their-privacy/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/noam-chomsky-42_cybersecurity_it-s-dangerous-when-people-are-willing-t_1522617.jpg) > [The United States is absolutely the most dangerous country in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-united-states-is-absolutely-the-most-dangerous-country-in-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/noam-chomsky-42_country_the-united-states-is-absolutely-the-most_1557669.jpg) > [The freer the society gets, the more dangerous the great beast becomes and the more you have to be careful to cage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-freer-the-society-gets-the-more-dangerous-the-great-beast-becomes/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/noam-chomsky-42_animals_the-freer-the-society-gets-the-more-dang_812294.jpg) > [We're supposed to worship Adam Smith but you're not supposed to read him. That's too dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/we-re-supposed-to-worship-adam-smith-but-you-re-not-supposed-to-read/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/noam-chomsky-42_adam_we-re-supposed-to-worship-adam-smith-but_395670.jpg) > [Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/pakistan-will-never-be-able-to-match-the-indian-militarily-and-the-3/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/noam-chomsky-42_able_pakistan-will-never-be-able-to-match-the_2733220.jpg) > [Congressional Republicans are dismantling the limited environmental protections initiated by Richard Nixon, who would be something of a dangerous radical in today's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/congressional-republicans-are-dismantling-the-limited-environmental/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/noam-chomsky-42_congressional_congressional-republicans-are-dismantlin_1051832.jpg) > [You go into a hospital now, it's dangerous. We can get diseases that can't be dealt with, that are moving around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-go-into-a-hospital-now-it-s-dangerous-we-can-get-diseases-that/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/noam-chomsky-42_dangerous_you-go-into-a-hospital-now-it-s-dangerou_1794687.jpg) > [I think the Christian Coalition could be extremely dangerous. We should always be concerned when any group wants to impose their doctrinal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-the-christian-coalition-could-be-extremely-dangerous-we/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/noam-chomsky-42_christian_i-think-the-christian-coalition-could-be_1613557.jpg) > [People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/people-are-dangerous-if-they-re-able-to-involve-themselves-in-issues/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/noam-chomsky-42_able_people-are-dangerous-if-they-re-able-to_2824995.jpg) > [Legalizing marijuana would make a lot of sense, I don't think there's a single case of marijuana overdose on record and tens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/legalizing-marijuana-would-make-a-lot-of-sense-i-don-t-think-there-s/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/noam-chomsky-42_alcohol_legalizing-marijuana-would-make-a-lot-of_1805329.jpg) > [It's kind of interesting and sick that the intellectual culture called the 1960s, "time of troubles," a dangerous period in which a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-kind-of-interesting-and-sick-that-the-intellectual-culture/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_it-s-kind-of-interesting-and-sick-that-t_623813.jpg) > [I think half the population supports this ban on these dangerous immigrants who are going to come in and do something, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-half-the-population-supports-this-ban-on-these-dangerous/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/noam-chomsky-42_bans_i-think-half-the-population-supports-thi_2217913.jpg) > [Policies are designed to undermine working class organization and the reason is not only the unions fight for workers' rights, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/policies-are-designed-to-undermine-working-class-organization-and-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/noam-chomsky-42_class_policies-are-designed-to-undermine-worki_907942.jpg) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/noam-chomsky-42_affair_what-i-ve-called-the-mafia-doctrine-in-m_2106056.jpg) > [ If \[Respulicans\] can't get rid of \[Obamacare\], they're going to have to tell their base, we've been lying to you for the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-respulicans-can-t-get-rid-of-obamacare-they-re-going-to-have-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/noam-chomsky-42_country_if-respulicans-can-t-get-rid-of-obamacar_749190.jpg) > [Suppose Vietnam could separate itself from the American dominated global system and carry out a successful social and economic development. Then that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/suppose-vietnam-could-separate-itself-from-the-american-dominated/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/noam-chomsky-42_country_suppose-vietnam-could-separate-itself-fr_29014.jpg) > [Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/bolivia-is-a-striking-example-the-mostly-white-europeanized-elite/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/noam-chomsky-42_becoming_bolivia-is-a-striking-example-the-mostly_1210445.jpg) > [I don't bother writing about Fox News. It is too easy. What I talk about are the liberal intellectuals, the ones who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-bother-writing-about-fox-news-it-is-too-easy-what-i-talk/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/noam-chomsky-42_bother_i-don-t-bother-writing-about-fox-news-it_945206.jpg) > [That's unfortunately common - to blame immigrants, to blame the African-Americans who are being helped by federal programs, to blame anyone available,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/that-s-unfortunately-common-to-blame-immigrants-to-blame-the-african/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/noam-chomsky-42_african-american_that-s-unfortunately-common-to-blame-imm_162509.jpg) > [In fact, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 bans militarization. Potential adversaries of the US, and even its allies, are so far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-fact-the-outer-space-treaty-of-1967-bans-militarization-potential/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/noam-chomsky-42_adversaries_in-fact-the-outer-space-treaty-of-1967-b_2273863.jpg) > [Donald Trump and Sean Spicer do one thing after another to keep the media attention focused on them. And it works. These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/donald-trump-and-sean-spicer-do-one-thing-after-another-to-keep-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/noam-chomsky-42_achievement_donald-trump-and-sean-spicer-do-one-thin_3214121.jpg) > [I am a child of the Enlightenment. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-am-a-child-of-the-enlightenment-i-think-irrational-belief-is-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/noam-chomsky-42_association_i-am-a-child-of-the-enlightenment-i-thin_2856792.jpg) > [In Europe there's an dangerous growth of ultra xenophobia which is pretty threatening to any one who remembers the history of Europe...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-europe-there-s-an-dangerous-growth-of-ultra-xenophobia-which-is/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/noam-chomsky-42_austerity_in-europe-there-s-an-dangerous-growth-of_1097528.jpg) > [Very commonly substances are criminalized because they're associated with what's called the dangerous classes, you know, poor people, or working people… Actually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/very-commonly-substances-are-criminalized-because-they-re-associated/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87c/noam-chomsky-42_class_very-commonly-substances-are-criminalize_3016462.jpg) > [Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/pakistan-will-never-be-able-to-match-the-indian-militarily-and-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/noam-chomsky-42_able_pakistan-will-never-be-able-to-match-the_2067786.jpg) > [Suppose that the US really is trying to get rid of drugs in Colombia. Does Colombia then have the right to fumigate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/suppose-that-the-us-really-is-trying-to-get-rid-of-drugs-in-colombia/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/noam-chomsky-42_cocaine_suppose-that-the-us-really-is-trying-to_2480099.jpg) > [U.S. domestic drug policy does not carry out its stated goals, and policymakers are well aware of that. If it isn't about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/u-s-domestic-drug-policy-does-not-carry-out-its-stated-goals-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/noam-chomsky-42_abuse_u-s-domestic-drug-policy-does-not-carry_3157141.jpg) > [America has always been the richest and most secure, and sometimes the most dangerous country in the world. In the early years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/america-has-always-been-the-richest-and-most-secure-and-sometimes-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/noam-chomsky-42_america_america-has-always-been-the-richest-and_1150782.jpg) ## Other authors on Dangerous ## 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/dangerous/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "28 Dangerous Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-dangerous-when-people-are-willing-to-give-up-their-privacy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/noam-chomsky-42_cybersecurity_it-s-dangerous-when-people-are-willing-t_1522617.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/noam-chomsky-42_cybersecurity_it-s-dangerous-when-people-are-willing-t_1522617.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/noam-chomsky-42_cybersecurity_it-s-dangerous-when-people-are-willing-t_1522617.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The United States is absolutely the most dangerous country in the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-united-states-is-absolutely-the-most-dangerous-country-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/noam-chomsky-42_country_the-united-states-is-absolutely-the-most_1557669.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/noam-chomsky-42_country_the-united-states-is-absolutely-the-most_1557669.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/noam-chomsky-42_country_the-united-states-is-absolutely-the-most_1557669.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The United States is absolutely the most dangerous country in the world.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The freer the society gets, the more dangerous the great beast becomes and the more you have to be careful to cage it somehow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-freer-the-society-gets-the-more-dangerous-the-great-beast-becomes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/noam-chomsky-42_animals_the-freer-the-society-gets-the-more-dang_812294.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/noam-chomsky-42_animals_the-freer-the-society-gets-the-more-dang_812294.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/noam-chomsky-42_animals_the-freer-the-society-gets-the-more-dang_812294.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The freer the society gets, the more dangerous the great beast becomes and the more you have to be careful…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We're supposed to worship Adam Smith but you're not supposed to read him. 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