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> [Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/democratic-societies-can-t-force-people-therefore-they-have-to/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [The Republican and Democratic Parties are only factions of the Government Party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-republican-and-democratic-parties-are-only-factions-of-the/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Since James Madison day (and long before), there have been constant struggles over "democratic governance".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/since-james-madison-day-and-long-before-there-have-been-constant/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [The more there is a need to talk about the ideals of democracy, the less democratic the system usually is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-more-there-is-a-need-to-talk-about-the-ideals-of-democracy-the/)

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> [The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-government-has-a-defect-it-s-potentially-democratic-corporations/)

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> [The first democratic revolution was England in the 1640s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-democratic-revolution-was-england-in-the-1640s/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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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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> [In Latin America, specialists and polling organisations have, for some time, observed that the extension of formal democracy was accompanied by an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-latin-america-specialists-and-polling-organisations-have-for-some/)

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> [Labor has been severely undermined, but that's happened before. In the 1920s, the labor movement was virtually crushed, in large part by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/labor-has-been-severely-undermined-but-that-s-happened-before-in-the/)

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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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> [Iceland is capitalist social democratic, rather like the Nordic countries generally. The capital had a mayor who is an anarchist, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/iceland-is-capitalist-social-democratic-rather-like-the-nordic/)

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> [Sometimes the former forces are in the ascendance, and "democratic governance" is eroded, though anyone familiar with intellectual history would expect that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/sometimes-the-former-forces-are-in-the-ascendance-and-democratic/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Allowing an independent and sovereign Iraq could be a nightmare for the United States. It would mean that it would be Shi'ite-dominated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/allowing-an-independent-and-sovereign-iraq-could-be-a-nightmare-for/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [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/)

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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/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/an-essential-feature-of-a-decent-society-and-an-almost-defining/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Activism spawned by Sanders campaign is beginning to make inroads into electoral politics. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party pretty much collapsed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/activism-spawned-by-sanders-campaign-is-beginning-to-make-inroads/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-isn-t-much-point-arguing-about-the-word-libertarian-it-would/)

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> [In any institution-factory, university, health center, or whatever-there are a variety of interests that ought to be represented in decision-making: the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-any-institution-factory-university-health-center-or-whatever-there/)

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> [I think a decent society should protect rights to private property within limits, but not concentrations of private power that infringe on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-a-decent-society-should-protect-rights-to-private-property/)

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> [Because they don't teach the truth about the world, schools have to rely on beating students over the head with propaganda about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/because-they-don-t-teach-the-truth-about-the-world-schools-have-to/)

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> [What is failure for some is success for others. It depends on where they stand in the struggles over "democratic governance" and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-is-failure-for-some-is-success-for-others-it-depends-on-where/)

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> [Unaccountable private power concentrations that dominate economic and social life have the means to seek to "regiment the public mind," and become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/unaccountable-private-power-concentrations-that-dominate-economic-and/)

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> [Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/predatory-capitalism-created-a-complex-industrial-system-and-an/)

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> [To pay attention to the actual core of the movement - that would be pretty hard. Can you concentrate for example on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/to-pay-attention-to-the-actual-core-of-the-movement-that-would-be/)

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> [The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-occupy-movement-did-create-spontaneously-communities-that-taught/)

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> [Modern science and technology can relieve men of the necessity for specialized, imbecile labor. They may, in principle, provide the basis for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/modern-science-and-technology-can-relieve-men-of-the-necessity-for/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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## Other authors on Democratic

## 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/)

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