For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
England shouldn't have the real freedom of vote and we shouldn't either. Because as [James Madison] put it, one of the primary… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Ever since I've had any political awareness, I've felt either alone or part of a tiny minority. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Bolivia is a striking example. The mostly white, Europeanized elite, which is a minority, happens to be sitting on most of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Its minority rule and majority limited rights. In fact it's set up that way. If you read the framers of the constitution,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The US is a country [in which] eighty percent of the population thinks the Bible was written by god. About half think… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[The Republican Party] for example, they do run the House of Representatives, they're a majority there, and it's the House that is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the benefits of a properly functioning democracy is minority rights and majority rule. — 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
![“The US is a country [in which] eighty percent of…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8e1/noam-chomsky-42_appeals_the-us-is-a-country-in-which-eighty-perc_2767065.jpg)
![“[The Republican Party] for example, they do run the House…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e83/noam-chomsky-42_agendas_the-republican-party-for-example-they-do_2928358.jpg)
![“I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti]…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc5/noam-chomsky-42_articles_i-wrote-an-article-about-the-marine-land_13341.jpg)
