--- title: "9 Department Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "9 Department quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Department sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/noam-chomsky-42_attitude_in-general-the-attitude-towards-nazi-ger_1709402.jpg" --- > [In general, the attitude towards Nazi Germany was not that hostile, especially if you look at the U.S. State Department reports. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-general-the-attitude-towards-nazi-germany-was-not-that-hostile/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/noam-chomsky-42_attitude_in-general-the-attitude-towards-nazi-ger_1709402.jpg) > [Undoubtedly, the U.S. harbors leading international terrorists, people described by the F.B.I. and the Justice Department as leading terrorists, like Orlando Bosch,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/undoubtedly-the-u-s-harbors-leading-international-terrorists-people/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/noam-chomsky-42_actually_undoubtedly-the-u-s-harbors-leading-inte_1482917.jpg) > [Barron and Paul...rely on 'specialists' at the State and Defense Departments...Elsewhere in the media, similiar figures are bandied about, with equal credibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/barron-and-paul-rely-on-specialists-at-the-state-and-defense/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/noam-chomsky-42_credibility_barron-and-paul-rely-on-specialists-at-t_2894782.jpg) > [You might recall, perhaps, that we were probably the only commentators to rely on the most knowledgeable source, State Department intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-might-recall-perhaps-that-we-were-probably-the-only-commentators/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/noam-chomsky-42_commentators_you-might-recall-perhaps-that-we-were-pr_2900735.jpg) > [There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/noam-chomsky-42_block_there-s-an-interesting-book-about-that-c_17543.jpg) > [Power has to be protected from scrutiny. That's the principle of every dictatorship, of every autocracy. You hear it from high priests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/power-has-to-be-protected-from-scrutiny-that-s-the-principle-of-every/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/noam-chomsky-42_autocracy_power-has-to-be-protected-from-scrutiny_626490.jpg) > [If you look at US internal documents, they explain very clearly what the threat of Cuba was. So, back in the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-look-at-us-internal-documents-they-explain-very-clearly-what/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_if-you-look-at-us-internal-documents-the_2980497.jpg) > [ Terror became a big issue when the Reagan Administration came in. They immediately announced \[their plans\] and kind of disparaged Carter's alleged… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/terror-became-a-big-issue-when-the-reagan-administration-came-in-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/noam-chomsky-42_academic_terror-became-a-big-issue-when-the-reaga_3095944.jpg) > [ Maybe \[the Republicans\] 'll find ways around it, but the financial system of the world depends very heavily on the credibility of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/maybe-the-republicans-ll-find-ways-around-it-but-the-financial-system/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/noam-chomsky-42_bases_maybe-the-republicans-ll-find-ways-aroun_2983081.jpg) ## Other authors on Department ## 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/department/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "9 Department Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In general, the attitude towards Nazi Germany was not that hostile, especially if you look at the U.S. State Department reports. 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