To object that the facts about human nature set limits on our ability to change the world and ourselves makes about as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Iceland is capitalist social democratic, rather like the Nordic countries generally. The capital had a mayor who is an anarchist, but the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
While I think in principle people should not have irrational beliefs, I should say that as a matter of fact, it is… — 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
In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When people denounced [former Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad for rejecting and criminalizing homosexuality, it should be remembered that was true of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, he is a decent, honest person, and I supported him. What he means by socialism… — 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
Private sector unionization is down to practically seven percent. Meanwhile the public sector unions have kind of sustained themselves [even] under attack,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To cite the facts of history is to fall prey to 'moral equivalence,' or 'political correctness,' or 'the error of of atheism,'… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
So Marxism, Freudianism: any one of these things I think is an irrational cult. They're theology, so they're whatever you think of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If in fact, the US story is correct, if it is true that Syria used chemical weapons, then it wouldn't be a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that the U.S. is run by an unusually class-conscious, dedicated business class that has a very… — 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
English is a second language in most of the educated sectors of Europe and much of the world. But maybe in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, some leaders come right out and say it. Mario Draghi the president of the European Central Bank had an interview… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, the capitalist class in the '50s was sort of part of a social contract. It was part of the tenor… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The times are too difficult and the crisis too severe to indulge in schadenfreude. Looking at it in perspective, the fact that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
South America has virtually broken away in the last decade. That's an event of historic significance. South America just doesn't follow US… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Why not stakeholder action? There's no economic principal that says that management should be responsive to shareholders, in fact you can read… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, it was stated early in the first Bush [presidency], Bush I, in one of their documents they pointed out in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you take a look at places like Harvard, it's striking. In the early ,50s, I think there were a handful of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the American Jewish community, there is little willingness to face the fact that the Palestinian Arabs have suffered a monstrous historical… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Somebody puts up some weird thing and somebody else thinks yeah maybe that's the way things work and pretty soon you have… — 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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