--- title: "15 Internals Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "15 Internals quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Internals sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/noam-chomsky-42_cybersecurity_internal-security-means-something-it-mea_1578991.jpg" --- > [Internal security means something. It means war against your own population.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/internal-security-means-something-it-means-war-against-your-own/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/noam-chomsky-42_cybersecurity_internal-security-means-something-it-mea_1578991.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) > [The kind of work that should be the main part of life is the kind of work you would want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-kind-of-work-that-should-be-the-main-part-of-life-is-the-kind-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/noam-chomsky-42_art-of-life_the-kind-of-work-that-should-be-the-main_960993.jpg) > [I don't really think there have been transitional periods to socialism. There have been efforts, but they have usually been destroyed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-really-think-there-have-been-transitional-periods-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/noam-chomsky-42_combination_i-don-t-really-think-there-have-been-tra_1145285.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) > [There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-something-deeply-rooted-in-american-culture-you-can-pretty/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/noam-chomsky-42_american-culture_there-s-something-deeply-rooted-in-ameri_2844098.jpg) > [The people of the Third World need our sympathetic understanding and, much more than that, they need our help. We can provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-people-of-the-third-world-need-our-sympathetic-understanding-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/noam-chomsky-42_brutality_the-people-of-the-third-world-need-our-s_1407643.jpg) > [The U.S. directed the war against South Vietnam. There was a political settlement in 1954. But in the late '50's the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-u-s-directed-the-war-against-south-vietnam-there-was-a-political/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/noam-chomsky-42_accord_the-u-s-directed-the-war-against-south-v_2861549.jpg) > [If you look at US internal documents, they explain very clearly what the threat of Cuba was. So, back in the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-look-at-us-internal-documents-they-explain-very-clearly-what/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_if-you-look-at-us-internal-documents-the_2980497.jpg) > [Why was the United States so afraid of an independent South Vietnam? Well, I think the reason again is pretty clear from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/why-was-the-united-states-so-afraid-of-an-independent-south-vietnam/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/noam-chomsky-42_being-successful_why-was-the-united-states-so-afraid-of-a_300908.jpg) > [Long before the technology revolution there was declassification of documents and I've spent quite a lot of time studying declassified internal documents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/long-before-the-technology-revolution-there-was-declassification-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/noam-chomsky-42_citizens_long-before-the-technology-revolution-th_283102.jpg) > [Say the Pentagon Papers, - that material went much deeper. It went into internal government planning back for twenty - five years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/say-the-pentagon-papers-that-material-went-much-deeper-it-went-into/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/noam-chomsky-42_deeper_say-the-pentagon-papers-that-material-we_958883.jpg) > [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/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/noam-chomsky-42_advantage_language-would-have-evolved-first-as-an_54908.jpg) > [In fact, for the majority of the population, wages and incomes have stagnated and conditions have gotten worse. So they are asking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-fact-for-the-majority-of-the-population-wages-and-incomes-have/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/noam-chomsky-42_answers_in-fact-for-the-majority-of-the-populati_3083071.jpg) > [The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. . . . This was a horrendous crime . . . The primary victims .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-september-11-attacks-were-major-atrocities-this-was-a-horrendous/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/noam-chomsky-42_atrocities_the-september-11-attacks-were-major-atro_2161032.jpg) ## Other authors on Internals ## 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/internals/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "15 Internals Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Internal security means something. 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There was a political settlement in 1954. But in the late '50's the United States organized an internal repression in South Vietnam, not using its troops, but using the local apparatus it was constructing. This was a very significant and very effective campaign of violence and terrorism against the Vietminh - which was the communist-led nationalist force that fought the French. And the Vietminh at that time was adhering to the Geneva Accords, hoping that the political settlement would work out in South Vietnam.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-u-s-directed-the-war-against-south-vietnam-there-was-a-political/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/noam-chomsky-42_accord_the-u-s-directed-the-war-against-south-v_2861549.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/noam-chomsky-42_accord_the-u-s-directed-the-war-against-south-v_2861549.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/noam-chomsky-42_accord_the-u-s-directed-the-war-against-south-v_2861549.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The U.S. directed the war against South Vietnam. There was a political settlement in 1954. 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