--- title: "15 Modern Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "15 Modern quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Modern sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/noam-chomsky-42_basic-principles_a-basic-principal-of-modern-state-capita_783237.jpg" --- > [A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/a-basic-principal-of-modern-state-capitalism-is-that-costs-and-risks/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/noam-chomsky-42_basic-principles_a-basic-principal-of-modern-state-capita_783237.jpg) > [Modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/modern-china-one-also-finds-many-things-that-are-really-quite/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/noam-chomsky-42_admirable_modern-china-one-also-finds-many-things_1228029.jpg) > [That intellectuals, including academics, would become a "new class" of technocrats, claiming the name of science while cooperating with the powerful, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/that-intellectuals-including-academics-would-become-a-new-class-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg) > [The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-modern-propaganda-agency-was-the-british-ministry-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1c/noam-chomsky-42_agency_the-first-modern-propaganda-agency-was-t_1936667.jpg) > [The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-most-effective-way-to-restrict-democracy-is-to-transfer-decision/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/noam-chomsky-42_arena_the-most-effective-way-to-restrict-democ_749645.jpg) > [Well before September 11, it was understood that with modern technology, the rich and powerful will lose their near monopoly of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/well-before-september-11-it-was-understood-that-with-modern/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/noam-chomsky-42_atrocities_well-before-september-11-it-was-understo_94122.jpg) > [The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-basic-idea-which-runs-right-through-modern-history-and-modern/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/noam-chomsky-42_bewildered_the-basic-idea-which-runs-right-through_491876.jpg) > [The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-process-of-shaping-opinion-attitudes-and-perceptions-was-termed/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/noam-chomsky-42_attitude_the-process-of-shaping-opinion-attitudes_2335443.jpg) > [I have trouble reading modern Hebrew. In the 1950s, I could read anything. I don't know how much experience you've had with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-have-trouble-reading-modern-hebrew-in-the-1950s-i-could-read/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/noam-chomsky-42_anything_i-have-trouble-reading-modern-hebrew-in_2535469.jpg) > [Modern science and technology can relieve men of the necessity for specialized, imbecile labor. They may, in principle, provide the basis for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/modern-science-and-technology-can-relieve-men-of-the-necessity-for/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/noam-chomsky-42_association_modern-science-and-technology-can-reliev_641304.jpg) > [ If \[Respulicans\] can't get rid of \[Obamacare\], they're going to have to tell their base, we've been lying to you for the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-respulicans-can-t-get-rid-of-obamacare-they-re-going-to-have-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/noam-chomsky-42_country_if-respulicans-can-t-get-rid-of-obamacar_749190.jpg) > [Historical grammar is a study of how, say, modern English developed from Middle English, and how that developed from Early and Old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/historical-grammar-is-a-study-of-how-say-modern-english-developed/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/noam-chomsky-42_developed_historical-grammar-is-a-study-of-how-say_3091181.jpg) > [The task for a modern industrial society is to achieve what is now technically realizable, namely, a society which is really based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-task-for-a-modern-industrial-society-is-to-achieve-what-is-now/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/noam-chomsky-42_achieve_the-task-for-a-modern-industrial-society_3010951.jpg) > [I felt that we could hardly improve on the conception of the university expressed by one of the founders of the modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-felt-that-we-could-hardly-improve-on-the-conception-of-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/noam-chomsky-42_adapted_i-felt-that-we-could-hardly-improve-on-t_2773200.jpg) > [Anatomically modern humans are found up to 200,000 years ago; behaviourally modern humans appear very recently in evolutionary time, as far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anatomically-modern-humans-are-found-up-to-200-000-years-ago/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/noam-chomsky-42_evidence_anatomically-modern-humans-are-found-up_2413524.jpg) ## Other authors on Modern ## 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/modern/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "15 Modern Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/a-basic-principal-of-modern-state-capitalism-is-that-costs-and-risks/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/noam-chomsky-42_basic-principles_a-basic-principal-of-modern-state-capita_783237.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/noam-chomsky-42_basic-principles_a-basic-principal-of-modern-state-capita_783237.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/noam-chomsky-42_basic-principles_a-basic-principal-of-modern-state-capita_783237.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/modern-china-one-also-finds-many-things-that-are-really-quite/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/noam-chomsky-42_admirable_modern-china-one-also-finds-many-things_1228029.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/noam-chomsky-42_admirable_modern-china-one-also-finds-many-things_1228029.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/noam-chomsky-42_admirable_modern-china-one-also-finds-many-things_1228029.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That intellectuals, including academics, would become a \"new class\" of technocrats, claiming the name of science while cooperating with the powerful, was predicted by [Mikhail] Bakunin in the early days of the formation of the modern intelligentsia in the 19th century.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/that-intellectuals-including-academics-would-become-a-new-class-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That intellectuals, including academics, would become a \"new class\" of technocrats, claiming the name of…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct the thought of most of the world - 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