--- title: "15 Only Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "15 Only quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Only sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/noam-chomsky-42_because_markets-are-lethal-if-only-because-of-ig_3117768.jpg" --- > [Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/markets-are-lethal-if-only-because-of-ignoring-externalities-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/noam-chomsky-42_because_markets-are-lethal-if-only-because-of-ig_3117768.jpg) > [I once did a three-hour interview with Radio Oxford only to be told the microphone hadn't picked me up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-once-did-a-three-hour-interview-with-radio-oxford-only-to-be-told/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/noam-chomsky-42_did_i-once-did-a-three-hour-interview-with-r_1906425.jpg) > [The 'peace movement' exists only in the fantasies of the paranoid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-peace-movement-exists-only-in-the-fantasies-of-the-paranoid/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/noam-chomsky-42_exists_the-peace-movement-exists-only-in-the-fa_641667.jpg) > [Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/rational-discussion-is-useful-only-when-there-is-a-significant-base/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/noam-chomsky-42_assumptions_rational-discussion-is-useful-only-when_1355000.jpg) > [A financial institution has the task of taking risks, and if it's a well run institution - say, Goldman Sachs - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/a-financial-institution-has-the-task-of-taking-risks-and-if-it-s-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/noam-chomsky-42_cover_a-financial-institution-has-the-task-of_832133.jpg) > [Suppose I criticise Iran. What impact does that have? The only impact it has is in fortifying those who want to carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/suppose-i-criticise-iran-what-impact-does-that-have-the-only-impact/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/noam-chomsky-42_agree_suppose-i-criticise-iran-what-impact-doe_2761393.jpg) > [The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-u-s-has-the-most-dysfunctional-healthcare-system-in-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/noam-chomsky-42_about_the-u-s-has-the-most-dysfunctional-healt_1760929.jpg) > [Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a trained expert, can solve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concerned-with-human-rights-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/noam-chomsky-42_anyone_anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concern_2877927.jpg) > [The Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-federal-reserve-has-an-official-commitment-to-two-different/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/noam-chomsky-42_bank_the-federal-reserve-has-an-official-comm_2872278.jpg) > [If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-care-about-other-people-you-might-try-to-organize-to-undermine/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/noam-chomsky-42_about_if-you-care-about-other-people-you-might_2166520.jpg) > [Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/our-only-real-hope-for-democracy-is-that-we-get-the-money-out-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/noam-chomsky-42_democracy_our-only-real-hope-for-democracy-is-that_3057469.jpg) > [When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. After only a week,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-i-arrived-in-laos-and-found-young-americans-living-there-out-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/noam-chomsky-42_about_when-i-arrived-in-laos-and-found-young-a_790523.jpg) > [The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-crimes-against-palestinians-in-the-occupied-territories-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/noam-chomsky-42_action_the-crimes-against-palestinians-in-the-o_1416671.jpg) > [Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/two-days-after-the-boston-marathon-bombings-there-was-a-drone-strike/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/noam-chomsky-42_after_two-days-after-the-boston-marathon-bombi_1242163.jpg) > [John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he's regarded as the dean of Cold War…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/john-lewis-gaddis-is-not-only-the-favorite-historian-of-the-reagan/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/noam-chomsky-42_administration_john-lewis-gaddis-is-not-only-the-favori_3087597.jpg) ## Other authors on Only ## 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/only/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "15 Only Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/markets-are-lethal-if-only-because-of-ignoring-externalities-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/noam-chomsky-42_because_markets-are-lethal-if-only-because-of-ig_3117768.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/noam-chomsky-42_because_markets-are-lethal-if-only-because-of-ig_3117768.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/noam-chomsky-42_because_markets-are-lethal-if-only-because-of-ig_3117768.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I once did a three-hour interview with Radio Oxford only to be told the microphone hadn't picked me up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-once-did-a-three-hour-interview-with-radio-oxford-only-to-be-told/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/noam-chomsky-42_did_i-once-did-a-three-hour-interview-with-r_1906425.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/noam-chomsky-42_did_i-once-did-a-three-hour-interview-with-r_1906425.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/noam-chomsky-42_did_i-once-did-a-three-hour-interview-with-r_1906425.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I once did a three-hour interview with Radio Oxford only to be told the microphone hadn't picked me up.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The 'peace movement' exists only in the fantasies of the paranoid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-peace-movement-exists-only-in-the-fantasies-of-the-paranoid/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/noam-chomsky-42_exists_the-peace-movement-exists-only-in-the-fa_641667.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/noam-chomsky-42_exists_the-peace-movement-exists-only-in-the-fa_641667.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/noam-chomsky-42_exists_the-peace-movement-exists-only-in-the-fa_641667.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The 'peace movement' exists only in the fantasies of the paranoid.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/rational-discussion-is-useful-only-when-there-is-a-significant-base/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/noam-chomsky-42_assumptions_rational-discussion-is-useful-only-when_1355000.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/noam-chomsky-42_assumptions_rational-discussion-is-useful-only-when_1355000.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/noam-chomsky-42_assumptions_rational-discussion-is-useful-only-when_1355000.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A financial institution has the task of taking risks, and if it's a well run institution - 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