The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people killed by all weapons… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose that, say, China established military bases in Colombia to carry out chemical warfare in Kentucky and North Carolina to destroy this… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The market is regarded as democratic because everybody has a vote. Of course, some have more votes than others because your votes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The earthquake in Haiti was a class-based catastrophe. It didn't much harm the wealthy elite up in the hills, they were shaken… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When [Bill] Clinton came along, it sort of moderated a little bit, but Clinton had a different device for breaking unions called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In Egypt, on the eve of Tahrir Square, there was a major poll which found that overwhelmingly - 80-90%, numbers like that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't claim to know a lot about Mexico, but I did talk to quite a number of left Mexican intelectuals, and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The 1980's was the first time in the history of imperialism that people from the imperial society went in substantial numbers to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You can imagine a different world in which a number of species developed with different genetically determined linguistic systems. It hasn't happened… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hence, a generative grammar must be a system of rules that can iterate to generate an indefinitely large number of structures. This… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I haven't seen any claim that Piraha lacks recursion, that is, that there are a finite number of sentences or sentence frames.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The number of illegal firings tripled during the [Ronald] Reagan years. It was at that time that you started getting these companies… — 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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