Whenever there is injustice, oppression, aggression, violence, it's standard for it to be supported by those we now call "intellectuals," but typically… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
While the state can coerce, with some exceptions (like North Korea) it seems to me misleading to think of it as capable… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Most of intellectuals are false prophets, flatterers of the court. The real prophets are the exception and treated badly. How badly they're… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's fine to criticize somebody else's crimes and misdeeds, but you don't talk about your own. The only exception is a country… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the primary debates for the 2016 election, every single Republican candidate was a climate change denier, with one exception, John Kasich… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Latin America is all moving to the left, from Venezuela to Argentina with rare exceptions, but there's a good left and a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Let's take Southeast Asia. The last 20, 30 years has been what's called the "Asian Miracle" - fast economic growth, industrial society.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Take Germany and Japan, both defeated in the Second World War. Germany has acknowledged its monstrous crimes to a certain extent, has… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The whole intelectual culture has a filtering system, starts as a child in school. You're expected to accept certain beliefs, styles, behavioral… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of… — 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