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title: "49 Firsts Quotes By Noam Chomsky"
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> [Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/unfortunately-you-can-t-vote-the-rascals-out-because-you-never-voted/)

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> [After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/after-the-first-international-days-of-protest-in-october-1965-senator/)

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> [Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/latin-america-for-the-first-time-in-500-years-is-moving-towards-a/)

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> [The first commitment is raise your salary. One of the ways to raise your salary sometimes is to have short-term profits but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-commitment-is-raise-your-salary-one-of-the-ways-to-raise/)

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> [The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-iraq-war-was-the-first-conflict-in-western-history-in-which-an/)

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> [Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/up-until-the-first-world-war-when-people-turned-anti-german-germany/)

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> [The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-thing-you-ought-to-do-is-verify-what-i-present-just-because/)

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> [One of the most interesting reactions to come out of 1968 was in the first publication of the Trilateral Commission, which believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-of-the-most-interesting-reactions-to-come-out-of-1968-was-in-the/)

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> [In the US, first of all, the electoral system has been almost totally shredded. For a long time it's been pretty much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-us-first-of-all-the-electoral-system-has-been-almost-totally/)

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> [Remember that in any major nuclear war, the first strike destroys the country that attacks; it's been known for years. The first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/remember-that-in-any-major-nuclear-war-the-first-strike-destroys-the/)

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> [I was told by journalists who can't publish it that there are in Mexico, close to the U.S. border, big areas that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-was-told-by-journalists-who-can-t-publish-it-that-there-are-in/)

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> [The Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-federal-reserve-has-an-official-commitment-to-two-different/)

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> [In fact, it's doing it all over the world. Obama, first of all, is running the biggest terrorist operation that exists, maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-fact-it-s-doing-it-all-over-the-world-obama-first-of-all-is/)

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> [The first step is to penetrate the clouds of deceit and distortion and learn the truth about the world, then to organize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-step-is-to-penetrate-the-clouds-of-deceit-and-distortion/)

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> [There was also a national policy, which as a child I didn't know anything about. In 1924 the first major immigration law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-was-also-a-national-policy-which-as-a-child-i-didn-t-know/)

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> [I think that in order to achieve progress in the study of language and human cognitive faculties in general it is necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-that-in-order-to-achieve-progress-in-the-study-of-language/)

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> [The Bolshevik revolution was a counter-revolution. Its first moves were to destroy and eliminate every socialist tendency that had developed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-bolshevik-revolution-was-a-counter-revolution-its-first-moves/)

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> [In studying language we can discover many basic properties of this cognitive structure, its organization, and also the genetic predispositions that provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-studying-language-we-can-discover-many-basic-properties-of-this/)

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> [Caterpillar was quite important because that was the first manufacturing industry that used Reaganite strike-breaking techniques. They illegally called in scabs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/caterpillar-was-quite-important-because-that-was-the-first/)

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> [ The community itself didn't support the union. Now that's kind of interesting about \[Barack\] Obama, because Obama was supposedly a community organizer… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-community-itself-didn-t-support-the-union-now-that-s-kind-of/)

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> [There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-a-noticeable-general-difference-between-the-sciences-and/)

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> [It happened: the first 9/11, it happened on September 11, 1973, in Chile. We did it. Was that interfering or hacking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-happened-the-first-9-11-it-happened-on-september-11-1973-in-chile/)

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> [Take the Iraq War,it's the second worst crime after the Second World War. It's the first time in history, in the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/take-the-iraq-war-it-s-the-second-worst-crime-after-the-second-world/)

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> [It's a class war, and a war on young people too... that's why tuition is rising so rapidly. There's no real economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-a-class-war-and-a-war-on-young-people-too-that-s-why-tuition-is/)

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> [ That is \[Edward Said\] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/that-is-edward-said-proposal-as-to-how-the-term-should-be-used-it/)

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> [United States has comparative advantage in military force. It tends to react to anything at first with military force, that's what it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/united-states-has-comparative-advantage-in-military-force-it-tends-to/)

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> [Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/bolivia-is-a-striking-example-the-mostly-white-europeanized-elite/)

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> [It was right after Woodrow Wilson's first serious post-World War I repression, which deported thousands of people, effectively destroyed unions and independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-was-right-after-woodrow-wilson-s-first-serious-post-world-war-i/)

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> [So the first things that you see when you look up something on Google could be dependent on the amount of advertising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/so-the-first-things-that-you-see-when-you-look-up-something-on-google/)

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> [It is ... necessary to whip up the population in support of foreign adventures. Usually the population is pacifist, just like they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-is-necessary-to-whip-up-the-population-in-support-of-foreign/)

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> [The Iraq War is the first war in history, in which there were huge demonstrations before the war was launched, not beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-iraq-war-is-the-first-war-in-history-in-which-there-were-huge/)

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> [If the principle is, "Let's not get lethal substances out to the public", the first one you'd go after is tobacco. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-the-principle-is-let-s-not-get-lethal-substances-out-to-the-public/)

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> [The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-modern-propaganda-agency-was-the-british-ministry-of/)

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> [...if you ask me whether or not I'm an atheist, I wouldn't even answer. I would first want an explanation of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-ask-me-whether-or-not-i-m-an-atheist-i-wouldn-t-even-answer-i/)

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> [There is a phrase in trade theory; it's called "kicking away the ladder." First you violate the rules - the market rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-a-phrase-in-trade-theory-it-s-called-kicking-away-the-ladder/)

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> [Reagan was extreme. Beginning of his administration, one of the first things was to call in scabs - hadn't been done for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/reagan-was-extreme-beginning-of-his-administration-one-of-the-first/)

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> [Actually, my first article, it wasn't about the anarchists; it was about the fall of Barcelona and the spread of fascism over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/actually-my-first-article-it-wasn-t-about-the-anarchists-it-was-about/)

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> [The 1980's was the first time in the history of imperialism that people from the imperial society went in substantial numbers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-1980-s-was-the-first-time-in-the-history-of-imperialism-that/)

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> [Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/since-jimmy-carter-religious-fundamentalists-play-a-major-role-in/)

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> [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/)

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## Other authors on Firsts

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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