--- title: "8 Goes on Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "8 Goes on quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Goes on sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/noam-chomsky-42_arms_in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terr_2005318.jpg" --- > [In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terrorist-atrocities-in-the-world/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/noam-chomsky-42_arms_in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terr_2005318.jpg) > [ There's an internal coherence and logic to what they get from \[Rush\] Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and the rest of these guys. And… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-an-internal-coherence-and-logic-to-what-they-get-from-rush/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/noam-chomsky-42_answers_there-s-an-internal-coherence-and-logic_2377640.jpg) > [The whole intelectual culture has a filtering system, starts as a child in school. You're expected to accept certain beliefs, styles, behavioral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-whole-intelectual-culture-has-a-filtering-system-starts-as-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/noam-chomsky-42_accepting_the-whole-intelectual-culture-has-a-filt_2911789.jpg) > [I'm no expert on pornography. The core element of it, I think, is degradation of women, whatever else goes on. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-m-no-expert-on-pornography-the-core-element-of-it-i-think-is/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/noam-chomsky-42_core_i-m-no-expert-on-pornography-the-core-el_2943178.jpg) > [The similarity is that concentration of capital influences virtually everything that goes on. It influences the way the media functions, it very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-similarity-is-that-concentration-of-capital-influences-virtually/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/noam-chomsky-42_amazon_the-similarity-is-that-concentration-of_2950385.jpg) > [Balochistan, and to some extent Sindh too, has a general feeling that they are not part of the decision-making process in Pakistan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/balochistan-and-to-some-extent-sindh-too-has-a-general-feeling-that/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/noam-chomsky-42_decision_balochistan-and-to-some-extent-sindh-too_2987262.jpg) > [If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won't ask for wages, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-workers-are-more-insecure-that-s-very-healthy-for-the-society/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/noam-chomsky-42_ask_if-workers-are-more-insecure-that-s-very_3041959.jpg) > [The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-real-world-of-american-society-is-one-which-it-is-very-misleading/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/noam-chomsky-42_american-society_the-real-world-of-american-society-is-on_3087521.jpg) ## Other authors on Goes on ## 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/goes-on/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "8 Goes on Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terrorist-atrocities-in-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/noam-chomsky-42_arms_in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terr_2005318.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/noam-chomsky-42_arms_in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terr_2005318.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/noam-chomsky-42_arms_in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terr_2005318.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's an internal coherence and logic to what they get from [Rush] Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and the rest of these guys. 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