It is one thing for the institution to offer space for serious engagement, in thought and action, and to encourage free and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Personally, I am uneasy about the notion of "a politically engaged university," for reasons I wrote about over 30 years ago, at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If a person chooses not to be a writer, or speaker, then (by definition) the person is choosing not to be engaged… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose that I see a hungry child in the street, and I am able to offer the child some food. Am I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have never heard of anyone who was a "model person" in all aspects of his or her life, intellectual life or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Individuals in a university - students, faculty, staff - can choose to become politically engaged, and a free university should foster a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Everyone engaged in research must have had the experience of working with feverish and prolonged intensity to write a paper which no… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American imperialism has suffered a stunning defeat in Indochina. But the same forces are engaged In another war against a much less… — 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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