--- title: "29 Left Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "29 Left quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Left sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/noam-chomsky-42_basis_i-do-not-think-psychoanalysis-has-a-scie_215737.jpg" --- > [I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can't explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-do-not-think-psychoanalysis-has-a-scientific-basis-if-we-can-t/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/noam-chomsky-42_basis_i-do-not-think-psychoanalysis-has-a-scie_215737.jpg) > [We could not bring democracy to South Vietnam at a cost that we were willing to accept. So it was a disaster.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/we-could-not-bring-democracy-to-south-vietnam-at-a-cost-that-we-were/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/noam-chomsky-42_accepting_we-could-not-bring-democracy-to-south-vi_330577.jpg) > [The Left, in a general sense, is very much atomized. We live in highly atomized societies. People are pretty much alone; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-left-in-a-general-sense-is-very-much-atomized-we-live-in-highly/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/noam-chomsky-42_europe_the-left-in-a-general-sense-is-very-much_2409052.jpg) > [Latin America is all moving to the left, from Venezuela to Argentina with rare exceptions, but there's a good left and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/latin-america-is-all-moving-to-the-left-from-venezuela-to-argentina/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/noam-chomsky-42_america_latin-america-is-all-moving-to-the-left_1884602.jpg) > [ I also learned from reading the left-wing press about the \[Franklin\] Roosevelt administration's indirect support for Francisco Franco, which was not well… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-also-learned-from-reading-the-left-wing-press-about-the-franklin/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/noam-chomsky-42_administration_i-also-learned-from-reading-the-left-win_2327407.jpg) > [I have never really thought that the Left was much in 'array' as far as political purposes were concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-have-never-really-thought-that-the-left-was-much-in-array-as-far-as/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/noam-chomsky-42_array_i-have-never-really-thought-that-the-lef_2482571.jpg) > [South America has virtually broken away in the last decade. That's an event of historic significance. South America just doesn't follow US…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/south-america-has-virtually-broken-away-in-the-last-decade-that-s-an/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/noam-chomsky-42_america_south-america-has-virtually-broken-away_1759779.jpg) > [In general, the attitude towards Nazi Germany was not that hostile, especially if you look at the U.S. State Department reports. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-general-the-attitude-towards-nazi-germany-was-not-that-hostile/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/noam-chomsky-42_attitude_in-general-the-attitude-towards-nazi-ger_1709402.jpg) > [It's kind of interesting and sick that the intellectual culture called the 1960s, "time of troubles," a dangerous period in which a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-kind-of-interesting-and-sick-that-the-intellectual-culture/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_it-s-kind-of-interesting-and-sick-that-t_623813.jpg) > [American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/american-society-is-now-remarkably-atomized-political-organizations/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/noam-chomsky-42_american-society_american-society-is-now-remarkably-atomi_16120.jpg) > [Take, for example, there is a right-wing populist uprising. It's very common, even on the left, to just ridicule them, but that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/take-for-example-there-is-a-right-wing-populist-uprising-it-s-very/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/noam-chomsky-42_common_take-for-example-there-is-a-right-wing-p_1190453.jpg) > [Anton Pannekoek didn't encourage radical workers and other activists of the anti-Bolshevik left to see revolutionary potential in his work in astronomy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anton-pannekoek-didn-t-encourage-radical-workers-and-other-activists/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/noam-chomsky-42_activist_anton-pannekoek-didn-t-encourage-radical_942253.jpg) > [When I was a college student and I got interested in linguistics the concern among students was, this is a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-i-was-a-college-student-and-i-got-interested-in-linguistics-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_when-i-was-a-college-student-and-i-got-i_187722.jpg) > [Those who wish to change the world should have the best possible understanding of the world, including what is revealed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/those-who-wish-to-change-the-world-should-have-the-best-possible/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/noam-chomsky-42_able_those-who-wish-to-change-the-world-shoul_316752.jpg) > [The Ottoman Empire . . . The rulers in Turkey were fortunately so corrupt that they left people alone pretty much -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-ottoman-empire-the-rulers-in-turkey-were-fortunately-so-corrupt/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/noam-chomsky-42_affair_the-ottoman-empire-the-rulers-in-turkey_151919.jpg) > [I don't claim to know a lot about Mexico, but I did talk to quite a number of left Mexican intelectuals, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-claim-to-know-a-lot-about-mexico-but-i-did-talk-to-quite-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/noam-chomsky-42_activism_i-don-t-claim-to-know-a-lot-about-mexico_2024768.jpg) > [As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-long-as-the-general-population-is-passive-apathetic-diverted-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/noam-chomsky-42_apathetic_as-long-as-the-general-population-is-pas_996858.jpg) > [A large part of the left is pro-Assad. In those circles, you can't criticize Assad, but you know he's a monstrous war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/a-large-part-of-the-left-is-pro-assad-in-those-circles-you-can-t/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/noam-chomsky-42_assad_a-large-part-of-the-left-is-pro-assad-in_1345134.jpg) > [We're looking at the dawn of a new arms race. For example, Germany technically opposes the US space militarization program, but is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/we-re-looking-at-the-dawn-of-a-new-arms-race-for-example-germany/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/noam-chomsky-42_advanced-technology_we-re-looking-at-the-dawn-of-a-new-arms_2971951.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) > [I am not too happy with terms like “the left”, to be honest. And I don’t use it much….if by “the left”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-am-not-too-happy-with-terms-like-the-left-to-be-honest-and-i-don-t/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/noam-chomsky-42_being-honest_i-am-not-too-happy-with-terms-like-the-l_562080.jpg) > [When Reagan left office, he was the most unpopular living president, apart from Nixon, even below Carter. If you look at his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-reagan-left-office-he-was-the-most-unpopular-living-president/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/noam-chomsky-42_american_when-reagan-left-office-he-was-the-most_476770.jpg) > [It makes sense for societies to make education compulsory for children. Children are vulnerable. They can't make decisions. But the decisions can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-makes-sense-for-societies-to-make-education-compulsory-for/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/noam-chomsky-42_children_it-makes-sense-for-societies-to-make-edu_2808754.jpg) > [There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-a-lot-of-fuss-on-the-left-about-election-irregularities-like/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/noam-chomsky-42_about_there-s-a-lot-of-fuss-on-the-left-about_866990.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) > [So if you look at the writings of intellectuals, there are two kinds. One said, l"Look, if we fought harder we could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/so-if-you-look-at-the-writings-of-intellectuals-there-are-two-kinds/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/noam-chomsky-42_clear_so-if-you-look-at-the-writings-of-intell_1781904.jpg) > [Greece, alone, is in a very vulnerable position. If the Greeks had had support from progressive left and popular forces elsewhere in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/greece-alone-is-in-a-very-vulnerable-position-if-the-greeks-had-had/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/noam-chomsky-42_able_greece-alone-is-in-a-very-vulnerable-pos_1131533.jpg) > [Peter Kropotkin was surely on the left. He was one of the founders of what is now called 'sociobiology' or 'evolutionary psychology'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/peter-kropotkin-was-surely-on-the-left-he-was-one-of-the-founders-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/noam-chomsky-42_aids_peter-kropotkin-was-surely-on-the-left-h_1912278.jpg) > [I mean, the liberal democrats aren't going to tell the average American, "Yeah, you're being shafted because of the policies that we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-mean-the-liberal-democrats-aren-t-going-to-tell-the-average/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/noam-chomsky-42_answers_i-mean-the-liberal-democrats-aren-t-goin_648116.jpg) ## Other authors on Left ## 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/left/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "29 Left Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. 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