--- title: "17 Late Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "17 Late quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Late sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_the-big-change-the-really-radical-change_965551.jpg" --- > [The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-big-change-the-really-radical-change-in-communication-was-in-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_the-big-change-the-really-radical-change_965551.jpg) > [It was reported in the left-wing press in the late 1930s that the Texas Company (Texaco), headed by the Nazi sympathizer Torkild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-was-reported-in-the-left-wing-press-in-the-late-1930s-that-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/noam-chomsky-42_1930s_it-was-reported-in-the-left-wing-press-i_780377.jpg) > [The Irish were treated horribly, even here in Boston. For example, in the late nineteenth century they were treated pretty much like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-irish-were-treated-horribly-even-here-in-boston-for-example-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/noam-chomsky-42_african-american_the-irish-were-treated-horribly-even-her_440517.jpg) > [The close Turkish-Israeli relations go back to the late 1950s - military intelligence, commercial, more recently, tourism and cultural relations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-close-turkish-israeli-relations-go-back-to-the-late-1950s/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/noam-chomsky-42_back_the-close-turkish-israeli-relations-go-b_2071958.jpg) > [The labor movement had been pretty much killed in the 1920s, almost destroyed. It revived in the 1930s and made a huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-labor-movement-had-been-pretty-much-killed-in-the-1920s-almost/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/noam-chomsky-42_1930s_the-labor-movement-had-been-pretty-much_406604.jpg) > [ In the Munich agreement in late 1938 \[Franklin\] Roosevelt sent his chief adviser Sumner Welles, who came back with a very supportive… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-munich-agreement-in-late-1938-franklin-roosevelt-sent-his/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d10/noam-chomsky-42_adviser_in-the-munich-agreement-in-late-1938-fra_2558896.jpg) > [For example, when my father was able to buy a secondhand car in the late 1930s, and he took us to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/for-example-when-my-father-was-able-to-buy-a-secondhand-car-in-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/noam-chomsky-42_1930s_for-example-when-my-father-was-able-to-b_1984407.jpg) > [In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-1960s-the-masses-were-supposed-to-be-passive-not-entering/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_in-the-late-1960s-the-masses-were-suppos_399716.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) > [The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-big-change-the-really-radical-change-in-communication-was-in-the-2/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_the-big-change-the-really-radical-change_1812269.jpg) > [From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/from-the-late-1940s-into-and-through-the-50s-there-developed-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/noam-chomsky-42_across_from-the-late-1940s-into-and-through-the_1323139.jpg) > [In the mid to late nineteenth century, the gun manufacturers recognized that they had a limited market. Remember that this is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-mid-to-late-nineteenth-century-the-gun-manufacturers/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/noam-chomsky-42_all-kinds_in-the-mid-to-late-nineteenth-century-th_1241121.jpg) > [In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terrorist-atrocities-in-the-world/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/noam-chomsky-42_arms_in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terr_2005318.jpg) > [If you look back to the anti-intervention movements, what were they? Let's take the Vietnam War - the biggest crime since the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-look-back-to-the-anti-intervention-movements-what-were-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/noam-chomsky-42_boston_if-you-look-back-to-the-anti-interventio_2307153.jpg) > [In the late 19th century there was a major union organization, Knights of Labor, and also a radical populist movement based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-19th-century-there-was-a-major-union-organization-knights/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_in-the-late-19th-century-there-was-a-maj_2009105.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) > [I'm sorry to say it has some historical analogs. It's kind of reminiscent of what happened in Germany in the late Weimar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-m-sorry-to-say-it-has-some-historical-analogs-it-s-kind-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/noam-chomsky-42_analog_i-m-sorry-to-say-it-has-some-historical_1043795.jpg) ## Other authors on Late ## 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/late/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "17 Late Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph is astronomical. 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