--- title: "12 Illegal Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "12 Illegal quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Illegal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/noam-chomsky-42_change_if-voting-could-actually-change-anything_2773114.jpg" --- > [If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-voting-could-actually-change-anything-it-would-be-illegal/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/noam-chomsky-42_change_if-voting-could-actually-change-anything_2773114.jpg) > [Should a community... be free to enact legislation to say they don't want blacks? Now that's illegal. Fifty years ago it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/should-a-community-be-free-to-enact-legislation-to-say-they-don-t/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/noam-chomsky-42_community_should-a-community-be-free-to-enact-legi_1020036.jpg) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/noam-chomsky-42_administration_reagan-was-extreme-beginning-of-his-admi_475839.jpg) > [The Latin American debt that reached crisis levels from 1982 would have been sharply reduced by return of flight capital - in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-latin-american-debt-that-reached-crisis-levels-from-1982-would/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/noam-chomsky-42_american_the-latin-american-debt-that-reached-cri_1502979.jpg) > [In the United States everyone is an illegal immigrant - everyone except the people in Indian Reservations. This is an immigrant society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-united-states-everyone-is-an-illegal-immigrant-everyone-except/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/noam-chomsky-42_illegal_in-the-united-states-everyone-is-an-ille_2488560.jpg) > [ The number of illegal firings tripled during the \[Ronald\] Reagan years. It was at that time that you started getting these companies… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-number-of-illegal-firings-tripled-during-the-ronald-reagan-years/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/noam-chomsky-42_company_the-number-of-illegal-firings-tripled-du_2648652.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) > [ When \[Bill\] Clinton came along, it sort of moderated a little bit, but Clinton had a different device for breaking unions called… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-bill-clinton-came-along-it-sort-of-moderated-a-little-bit-but/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/noam-chomsky-42_agreement_when-bill-clinton-came-along-it-sort-of_445300.jpg) > [Rush Limbaugh has answered - it's the rich liberals who own the banks and run the government, and of course run the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/rush-limbaugh-has-answered-it-s-the-rich-liberals-who-own-the-banks/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/noam-chomsky-42_care_rush-limbaugh-has-answered-it-s-the-rich_1190267.jpg) > [Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-policy-is-deluged-by-crazed/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg) > [ You never know how \[Donald Trump\] is going to react. When he learned for example that he'd lost the election by about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-never-know-how-donald-trump-is-going-to-react-when-he-learned-for/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/noam-chomsky-42_donald-trump_you-never-know-how-donald-trump-is-going_2407873.jpg) > [There are leaks from the Embassy in Honduras. There was a coup in 2009. Obama broke with most of Latin America and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-leaks-from-the-embassy-in-honduras-there-was-a-coup-in-2009/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/noam-chomsky-42_ambassadors_there-are-leaks-from-the-embassy-in-hond_1339371.jpg) ## Other authors on Illegal ## 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/illegal/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "12 Illegal Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-voting-could-actually-change-anything-it-would-be-illegal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/noam-chomsky-42_change_if-voting-could-actually-change-anything_2773114.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/noam-chomsky-42_change_if-voting-could-actually-change-anything_2773114.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/noam-chomsky-42_change_if-voting-could-actually-change-anything_2773114.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Should a community... be free to enact legislation to say they don't want blacks? 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It was at that time that you started getting these companies that specialized in how to destroy unions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-number-of-illegal-firings-tripled-during-the-ronald-reagan-years/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/noam-chomsky-42_company_the-number-of-illegal-firings-tripled-du_2648652.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/noam-chomsky-42_company_the-number-of-illegal-firings-tripled-du_2648652.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/noam-chomsky-42_company_the-number-of-illegal-firings-tripled-du_2648652.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The number of illegal firings tripled during the [Ronald] Reagan years. 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Because the government was entirely lawless, employers could exploit NAFTA to threaten union organizers with transfer. It's illegal, but when you've got a lawless government, it doesn't matter if it's illegal. 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I'm sure it's illegal. It's also an effort to undermine free speech.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-policy-is-deluged-by-crazed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You never know how [Donald Trump] is going to react. When he learned for example that he'd lost the election by about three million votes, his instant reaction was insanity; you know, three to five million illegal immigrants somehow were organized in some incredible fashion to vote.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-never-know-how-donald-trump-is-going-to-react-when-he-learned-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/noam-chomsky-42_donald-trump_you-never-know-how-donald-trump-is-going_2407873.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/noam-chomsky-42_donald-trump_you-never-know-how-donald-trump-is-going_2407873.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/noam-chomsky-42_donald-trump_you-never-know-how-donald-trump-is-going_2407873.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You never know how [Donald Trump] is going to react. 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