Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is reported that about 30% of the world's population is unemployed. That's worse than the Great Depression, but it's now an… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If the most important revolutionary part of the George W. Bush Doctrine is that states that harbor terrorists are terrorist states, what… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
U.S. international and security policy ... has as its primary goal the preservationof what we might call the Fifth Freedom, understood crudely… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence. It is also a course of action… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States has done some very good things in the world, and that does not change the fact that the World… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Michael Flynn, national security adviser, [his reaction] to the Iranian missile test the other day was very frightening. Now the missile test… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is off the international spectrum in religious extremism. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
South America goes its own way dramatically in international affairs. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There had been a free and open election in Haiti in the early 1990s and president Jean-Bertrand Aristide won, a populist priest.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
International relations bears more than a slight resemblance to the mafia. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Over the years, there have been a series of concepts developed to justify the use of force in international affairs for a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Pick the topic you like: the Middle East, international terrorism, Central America, whatever it is - the picture of the world that's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There was very little international support, even England wouldn't support [bombing of Syria], which is amazing. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Maybe [the Republicans] 'll find ways around it, but the financial system of the world depends very heavily on the credibility of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't even know if I ever knew - some sweatshop in Baltimore. I knew with my other relatives - some of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The US cannot be brought to the World Court for major crimes, for example the supreme international crime, invasion, or violation of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Terror became a big issue when the Reagan Administration came in. They immediately announced [their plans] and kind of disparaged Carter's alleged… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Latin America was the most obedient follower of the neoliberal regime that was instituted by the United States, its allies and the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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