--- title: "13 Etc Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "13 Etc quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Etc sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/noam-chomsky-42_etc_as-for-organs-traits-etc-being-for-somet_2064786.jpg" --- > [As for organs, traits, etc., being "for" something, the notion may be a useful shorthand, but shouldn't be taken too seriously, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-for-organs-traits-etc-being-for-something-the-notion-may-be-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/noam-chomsky-42_etc_as-for-organs-traits-etc-being-for-somet_2064786.jpg) > [I can understand the idea that there is a conspiracy. In fact, in much of the world there is a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-can-understand-the-idea-that-there-is-a-conspiracy-in-fact-in-much/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/noam-chomsky-42_arab-spring_i-can-understand-the-idea-that-there-is_2781403.jpg) > [Historically, several policy domains, including that of foreign policy towards the US and India, budget allocations etc, have been controlled by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/historically-several-policy-domains-including-that-of-foreign-policy/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/noam-chomsky-42_allocation_historically-several-policy-domains-incl_1492071.jpg) > [What is the nature of the genetic endowment? How does acquisition proceed? Etc. Scientists do routinely ask similar questions about the visual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-is-the-nature-of-the-genetic-endowment-how-does-acquisition/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/noam-chomsky-42_acquisition_what-is-the-nature-of-the-genetic-endowm_1168857.jpg) > [In much of the world, there is a sense of an ultra-powerful CIA manipulating everything that happens, such as running the Arab…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-much-of-the-world-there-is-a-sense-of-an-ultra-powerful-cia/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/noam-chomsky-42_arab_in-much-of-the-world-there-is-a-sense-of_1837209.jpg) > [The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. . . . This was a horrendous crime . . . The primary victims .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-september-11-attacks-were-major-atrocities-this-was-a-horrendous/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/noam-chomsky-42_atrocities_the-september-11-attacks-were-major-atro_2161032.jpg) > [What has to be done today is (1) large-scale conversion (weatherizing , etc.), (2) sharp change in transportation to greater efficiency, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-has-to-be-done-today-is-1-large-scale-conversion-weatherizing/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/noam-chomsky-42_adjustment_what-has-to-be-done-today-is-1-large-sca_1526310.jpg) > [The "prophets" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. They provided critical geopolitical analysis, condemned the crimes of the powerful, called for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-prophets-were-what-we-would-call-dissident-intellectuals-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_the-prophets-were-what-we-would-call-dis_385822.jpg) > [Language would have evolved first as an internal object, a kind of "language of thought" (LOT), with externalisation (hence communication) an ancillary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/language-would-have-evolved-first-as-an-internal-object-a-kind-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/noam-chomsky-42_advantage_language-would-have-evolved-first-as-an_54908.jpg) > [One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-substitute-for-the-disappearing-evil-empire-the-soviet-union-has/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/noam-chomsky-42_america_one-substitute-for-the-disappearing-evil_233892.jpg) > [There is a principle of human affairs that goes back millennia, which is that you don't look in the mirror. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-a-principle-of-human-affairs-that-goes-back-millennia-which/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/noam-chomsky-42_affair_there-is-a-principle-of-human-affairs-th_410113.jpg) > [Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/extensive-violations-of-human-rights-torture-forced-reduction-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/noam-chomsky-42_clients_extensive-violations-of-human-rights-tor_2606876.jpg) > [The US stole Texas from Mexico by violence, then invaded Mexico on ludicrous pretexts and conquered half of it, what is now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-us-stole-texas-from-mexico-by-violence-then-invaded-mexico-on/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b9/noam-chomsky-42_accurate_the-us-stole-texas-from-mexico-by-violen_1429350.jpg) ## Other authors on Etc ## 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/etc/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "13 Etc Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As for organs, traits, etc., being \"for\" something, the notion may be a useful shorthand, but shouldn't be taken too seriously, if only because of the ubiquitous phenomenon of exaptation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-for-organs-traits-etc-being-for-something-the-notion-may-be-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/noam-chomsky-42_etc_as-for-organs-traits-etc-being-for-somet_2064786.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/noam-chomsky-42_etc_as-for-organs-traits-etc-being-for-somet_2064786.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/noam-chomsky-42_etc_as-for-organs-traits-etc-being-for-somet_2064786.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As for organs, traits, etc., being \"for\" something, the notion may be a useful shorthand, but shouldn't be…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can understand the idea that there is a conspiracy. 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If not, then we can give up the ghost, because there are no alternatives in this world, at least none that I've seen suggested.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/what-has-to-be-done-today-is-1-large-scale-conversion-weatherizing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/noam-chomsky-42_adjustment_what-has-to-be-done-today-is-1-large-sca_1526310.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/noam-chomsky-42_adjustment_what-has-to-be-done-today-is-1-large-sca_1526310.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/noam-chomsky-42_adjustment_what-has-to-be-done-today-is-1-large-sca_1526310.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What has to be done today is (1) large-scale conversion (weatherizing , etc.), (2) sharp change in…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The \"prophets\" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. They provided critical geopolitical analysis, condemned the crimes of the powerful, called for justice and mercy for those who needed help, etc. I wouldn't personally endorse everything they said, any more than I would for critics of power and its crimes today. But rather generally I think they played an honorable role - and suffered accordingly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-prophets-were-what-we-would-call-dissident-intellectuals-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_the-prophets-were-what-we-would-call-dis_385822.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_the-prophets-were-what-we-would-call-dis_385822.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_the-prophets-were-what-we-would-call-dis_385822.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The \"prophets\" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. 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There are ample reasons why having a LOT would confer selectional advantage: the person so endowed could plan, interpret, reflect, etc., in ways denied to others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/language-would-have-evolved-first-as-an-internal-object-a-kind-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/noam-chomsky-42_advantage_language-would-have-evolved-first-as-an_54908.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/noam-chomsky-42_advantage_language-would-have-evolved-first-as-an_54908.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/noam-chomsky-42_advantage_language-would-have-evolved-first-as-an_54908.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Language would have evolved first as an internal object, a kind of \"language of thought\" (LOT), with…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a major government-media blitz was launched by the President. That month the AP wires carried more stories about drugs than about Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined. 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The linkage is not accidental; rather it is systematic. The reason is obvious enough. Client fascism often improves the business climate for American corporations, quite generally the guiding factor in foreign policy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/extensive-violations-of-human-rights-torture-forced-reduction-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/noam-chomsky-42_clients_extensive-violations-of-human-rights-tor_2606876.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/noam-chomsky-42_clients_extensive-violations-of-human-rights-tor_2606876.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/noam-chomsky-42_clients_extensive-violations-of-human-rights-tor_2606876.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The US stole Texas from Mexico by violence, then invaded Mexico on ludicrous pretexts and conquered half of it, what is now the Southwest and Far West. That's why cities have Spanish names: San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, etc. All of this is suppressed in standard American history. But the victims remember. 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