The most important issues to address are the truly existential threats we face: climate change and nuclear war. On the former, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are people on the left who say, Look, we can't let these atrocities go on, so let's enter the war and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“If you read British Foreign Office records from the 1940s, it’s clear they recognised that their day in the sun was over… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There have been repeated cases when nuclear war came ominously close, often a result of malfunctioning of early-warning systems and other accidents,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the dangers [that Donald Trump poses, due to the augmented risk of nuclear war] is unquestionable. Of the two existential… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Remember that in any major nuclear war, the first strike destroys the country that attacks; it's been known for years. The first… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
On nuclear war, actions in Syria and at the Russian border raise very serious threats of confrontation that might trigger war, an… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It has been known for some time that a major nuclear war might lead to nuclear winter that would destroy the attacker… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is… — 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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