--- title: "9 Horrible Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "9 Horrible quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Horrible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/noam-chomsky-42_although_all-through-latin-america-there-s-sharp_1282631.jpg" --- > [All through Latin America, there's sharp condemnation of the criminal atrocities of Sept. 11. But it's qualified by the observation that although…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/all-through-latin-america-there-s-sharp-condemnation-of-the-criminal/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/noam-chomsky-42_although_all-through-latin-america-there-s-sharp_1282631.jpg) > [Yes, and Syrians. There is a horrible crisis there and the United States has admitted virtually none of the refugees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/yes-and-syrians-there-is-a-horrible-crisis-there-and-the-united/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/noam-chomsky-42_crisis_yes-and-syrians-there-is-a-horrible-cris_1098205.jpg) > [ Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both countries \[Pakistan and India\]. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/some-kind-of-settlement-in-kashmir-is-crucial-for-both-countries/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/noam-chomsky-42_armed-forces_some-kind-of-settlement-in-kashmir-is-cr_1218456.jpg) > [In the late Fifties and early Sixties, opposition to state terror and aggression and torture and so on was zero. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-fifties-and-early-sixties-opposition-to-state-terror-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/noam-chomsky-42_against_in-the-late-fifties-and-early-sixties-op_3139306.jpg) > [In the pre-capitalist world, everyone had a place. It might not have been a very nice place, even maybe a horrible place,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-pre-capitalist-world-everyone-had-a-place-it-might-not-have/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/noam-chomsky-42_capitalism_in-the-pre-capitalist-world-everyone-had_1827039.jpg) > [Honduras has become a murder capital of the world; there's horrible atrocities, infanticide, murder of women is way up, and people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/honduras-has-become-a-murder-capital-of-the-world-there-s-horrible/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/noam-chomsky-42_atrocities_honduras-has-become-a-murder-capital-of_3141035.jpg) > [President Barack Obama, to his credit, has given - issued personal pardons in deserving cases. But he should go far beyond. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/president-barack-obama-to-his-credit-has-given-issued-personal/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/noam-chomsky-42_barack_president-barack-obama-to-his-credit-has_629767.jpg) > [Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/some-kind-of-settlement-in-kashmir-is-crucial-for-both-india-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/noam-chomsky-42_armed-forces_some-kind-of-settlement-in-kashmir-is-cr_683475.jpg) > [ \[CIA manipulating\] has its roots in internal Pakistani affairs. It's a horrible development and phenomenon which goes back to radical Islamisation under… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/cia-manipulating-has-its-roots-in-internal-pakistani-affairs-it-s-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/noam-chomsky-42_affair_cia-manipulating-has-its-roots-in-intern_2338909.jpg) ## Other authors on Horrible ## 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/horrible/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "9 Horrible Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All through Latin America, there's sharp condemnation of the criminal atrocities of Sept. 11. 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