Interest Quotes by Noam Chomsky

States are violent to the extent that they have the power to act in the interests of those with domestic power

— Noam Chomsky

How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me.

— Noam Chomsky

The respected intellectuals are those who conform and serve power interests.

— Noam Chomsky

Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

— Noam Chomsky

On abortion: We are talking about ambiguous issues of a complicated kind where you have to balance conflicting interests and concerns.

— Noam Chomsky

In the United States, and to a certain extent in Canada, there's very little interest in what happens outside their borders.

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The British had an even stronger [then America] business interest in Nazi Germany. And Benito Mussolini was greatly admired.

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There are two parties, so-called, but they're really factions of the same party, the Business Party.

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... the media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a…

— Noam Chomsky

Academics are mostly professionals, involved in their work and other concerns of their own, with no particular interest in the workings of…

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As any good teacher knows, the methods of instruction and the range of material covered are matters of small importance as compared…

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The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.

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The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.

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There's actually an article in the Washington Post, I don't know whether it's tongue in cheek or not, which said the criterion…

— Noam Chomsky

Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety,…

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Plainly elites in America don't want democracy. And why should they? Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

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For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the…

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In the 1960s, various parts of the population became energized and began to enter the public arena to call for the rights…

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The idea that Hezbollah is acting as an agent of Iran is very dubious. It's not accepted by specialists on Iran or…

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Plainly, such an approach does not exclude other ways of trying to comprehend the world. Someone committed to it (as I am)…

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From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate…

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In fact, Clinton-era publications of the US Space Command describe control over space as a parallel to control over the oceans a…

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Now, you ban not the whole Muslim world. You ban seven states, seven states that have not been responsible for a single…

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Concentration of ownership in the media is high and increasing. Furthermore, those who occupy managerial positions in the media, or gain status…

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If there are dollars to be made, you destroy the environment. The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be…

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Half the population hold that the government is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves, as polls regularly show.

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The term 'globalisation' is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their…

— Noam Chomsky

A good education instills in you the intuitive comprehension - it becomes unconscious and reflexive - that you just don't think certain…

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I happened to go to a school when I was a kid and that's all we did, pursue our own interests. It…

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We have to recognize that there is a range of interests, like there isn't a single corporate interest and a single state…

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I suppose frogs pay no attention to being frogs. They take it for granted. What interests a frog are differences among frogs.…

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I just went along with political activists and interested in other intellectual interests which I pursued kind of at random. I never…

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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…

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You have to love that government, but hate the government that might work in your interest and that you could control. That's…

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The kind of work that should be the main part of life is the kind of work you would want to do…

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The literature is like that - they [unions] are constantly talking about the masses, the danger they pose, and how to control…

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The contradiction is somehow unresolved. In the case of the business propaganda, it's particularly ironic because while business wants the population to…

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In any institution-factory, university, health center, or whatever-there are a variety of interests that ought to be represented in decision-making: the work…

— Noam Chomsky