International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I am not offering this is a critique of the internet, its just that there are a lot of factors involved. It… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton was the one pressing the hardest for bombing, and look at what happened. They not only destroyed the country, but… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Clinton, Kennedy, they all carried out mass murder, but they didn't think that that was what they were doing - nor does… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the West, you don't get in any trouble if you tell the truth, but you still can't do it. Not only… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Quite generally, international affairs have more than a slight resemblance to the Mafia. The Godfather does not take it lightly when he… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Because they don't teach the truth about the world, schools have to rely on beating students over the head with propaganda about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people that form movements around particular commitments, like gay rights. It is important, but it does not… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time working on declassified documents - and they do get declassified after decades - you look at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are no conservatives in the United States. The United States does not have a conservative tradition. The people who call themselves… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The point of public relations slogans like 'Support our troops' is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The shutdown itself is bad but not devastating. The real danger will come up in a couple of weeks. There's legislation which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As soon as one identifies, challenges and overcomes illegitimate power, he or she is an anarchist. Most people are anarchists. What they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think that has a lot of dangers, as does government surveillance, which is way too high. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What is the nature of the genetic endowment? How does acquisition proceed? Etc. Scientists do routinely ask similar questions about the visual… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What right does the US have to do anything in Colombia? Does Colombia have the right to bomb North Carolina? There are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Stakeholders - meaning workers and community - the CEO could just as well be responsible to them. This presupposes there ought to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are leaks from the Embassy in Honduras. There was a coup in 2009. Obama broke with most of Latin America and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The point of public relations slogans like "Support Our Troops" is that they don't mean anything ... that's the whole point of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't see how one can "believe in organized religion." What does it mean to believe in an organization? One can join… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What the US does is the kind of thing I described in Italy in 1948. Case after case like that, not hacking… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Plainly, such an approach does not exclude other ways of trying to comprehend the world. Someone committed to it (as I am)… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The US does not observe the free-trade principles. Those are for the weak. So agribusiness is highly subsidized and pours product into… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States has done some very good things in the world, and that does not change the fact that the World… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the U.S. government does… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
China has been there for 3,000 years, has contempt for the barbarians, is overcoming a century of domination, and simply moves on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Washington basically works for the corporate sector and Silicon Valley, technically at least, is suppose to sponsor initiative in creativity, whether it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Why does everyone take for granted that we don't learn to grow arms, but rather, are designed to grow arms? Similarly, we… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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