--- title: "4 Dictator Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "4 Dictator quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Dictator sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/noam-chomsky-42_admire_any-dictator-would-admire-the-uniformity_710777.jpg" --- > [Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/any-dictator-would-admire-the-uniformity-and-obedience-of-the-u-s/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/noam-chomsky-42_admire_any-dictator-would-admire-the-uniformity_710777.jpg) > [The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-uniformity-and-obedience-of-the-media-which-any-dictator-would/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/noam-chomsky-42_admire_the-uniformity-and-obedience-of-the-medi_2424921.jpg) > [Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/romania-which-had-the-worst-dictator-in-eastern-europe-ceausescu-he/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/noam-chomsky-42_britain_romania-which-had-the-worst-dictator-in_2493118.jpg) > [There are by now declassified documents from the 1950s that tells you a lot about what's going on in Egypt and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-by-now-declassified-documents-from-the-1950s-that-tells-you/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/noam-chomsky-42_capable_there-are-by-now-declassified-documents_3155601.jpg) ## Other authors on Dictator - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-ilkin-santak-7545.jpg) Ilkin Santak 90 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dictator/ilkin-santak/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-hitler-9531.jpg) Adolf Hitler 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dictator/adolf-hitler/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dictator/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. 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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/dictator/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "4 Dictator Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/any-dictator-would-admire-the-uniformity-and-obedience-of-the-u-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/noam-chomsky-42_admire_any-dictator-would-admire-the-uniformity_710777.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/noam-chomsky-42_admire_any-dictator-would-admire-the-uniformity_710777.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/noam-chomsky-42_admire_any-dictator-would-admire-the-uniformity_710777.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-uniformity-and-obedience-of-the-media-which-any-dictator-would/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/noam-chomsky-42_admire_the-uniformity-and-obedience-of-the-medi_2424921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/noam-chomsky-42_admire_the-uniformity-and-obedience-of-the-medi_2424921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/noam-chomsky-42_admire_the-uniformity-and-obedience-of-the-medi_2424921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire...” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. 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