Doe Quotes by Noam Chomsky

Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.

— Noam Chomsky

For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade.

— Noam Chomsky

Quite generally, international affairs have more than a slight resemblance to the Mafia. The Godfather does not take it lightly when he…

— Noam Chomsky

I think that has a lot of dangers, as does government surveillance, which is way too high.

— Noam Chomsky

Hume's paradox does hold: power is in the hands of the governed. If they refuse to accept it, you're in trouble, no…

— Noam Chomsky

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

Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke…

— Noam Chomsky

The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist.

— Noam Chomsky

The United States has done some very good things in the world, and that does not change the fact that the World…

— Noam Chomsky

What the US does is the kind of thing I described in Italy in 1948. Case after case like that, not hacking…

— Noam Chomsky

I've spent a lot of time working on declassified documents - and they do get declassified after decades - you look at…

— Noam Chomsky

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

That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called…

— Noam Chomsky

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

If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving…

— Noam Chomsky

The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any…

— Noam Chomsky

In our society, real power does not happen to lie in the political system, it lies in the private economy: that’s where…

— Noam Chomsky

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

Desktop publishing was a big innovation that meant small groups or even poor societies could do their own publication without the capital…

— Noam Chomsky

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

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

As soon as one identifies, challenges and overcomes illegitimate power, he or she is an anarchist. Most people are anarchists. What they…

— Noam Chomsky

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

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

The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.

— Noam Chomsky

Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the…

— Noam Chomsky

Washington basically works for the corporate sector and Silicon Valley, technically at least, is suppose to sponsor initiative in creativity, whether it…

— Noam Chomsky

We can imagine a society in which no one could survive as a social being because it does not correspond to biologically…

— Noam Chomsky

Hillary Clinton was the one pressing the hardest for bombing, and look at what happened. They not only destroyed the country, but…

— Noam Chomsky

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

What is the nature of the genetic endowment? How does acquisition proceed? Etc. Scientists do routinely ask similar questions about the visual…

— Noam Chomsky

Suppose that the US really is trying to get rid of drugs in Colombia. Does Colombia then have the right to fumigate…

— Noam Chomsky

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

There are no conservatives in the United States. The United States does not have a conservative tradition. The people who call themselves…

— Noam Chomsky

There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and…

— Noam Chomsky

Clinton, Kennedy, they all carried out mass murder, but they didn't think that that was what they were doing - nor does…

— Noam Chomsky

Arab public opinion does not regard Iran as a hostile entity. In fact it's so supportive of Iran that a majority would…

— Noam Chomsky

Stakeholders - meaning workers and community - the CEO could just as well be responsible to them. This presupposes there ought to…

— Noam Chomsky

It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of…

— Noam Chomsky

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