--- title: "18 Ought Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "18 Ought quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Ought sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/noam-chomsky-42_ifs_if-you-are-not-offending-people-who-ough_81673.jpg" --- > [If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-are-not-offending-people-who-ought-to-be-offended-you-re-doing/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/noam-chomsky-42_ifs_if-you-are-not-offending-people-who-ough_81673.jpg) > [The internet, since it is publicly created, ought to be publicly controlled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-internet-since-it-is-publicly-created-ought-to-be-publicly/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/noam-chomsky-42_controlled_the-internet-since-it-is-publicly-create_3192145.jpg) > [You ought to teach kids that elections take place but that's not politics. If you want to know how legislation is made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-ought-to-teach-kids-that-elections-take-place-but-that-s-not/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/noam-chomsky-42_democracy_you-ought-to-teach-kids-that-elections-t_776999.jpg) > [So yes in theory there is a kind of a formal democracy and in many ways these were achievements and an improvement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/so-yes-in-theory-there-is-a-kind-of-a-formal-democracy-and-in-many/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/noam-chomsky-42_achievement_so-yes-in-theory-there-is-a-kind-of-a-fo_1286721.jpg) > [ It \[the internet\] should be publicly controlled but Washington is not a system of public control, it's mainly a system of corporate… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-the-internet-should-be-publicly-controlled-but-washington-is-not-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/094/noam-chomsky-42_controlled_it-the-internet-should-be-publicly-contr_1305454.jpg) > [Wikileaks is a democratizing force. Its giving individuals access to decisions and thinking by their representatives and in a democracy that ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/wikileaks-is-a-democratizing-force-its-giving-individuals-access-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/noam-chomsky-42_access_wikileaks-is-a-democratizing-force-its-g_2848343.jpg) > [For one thing, studying language is by itself a part of a study of human intelligence that is, perhaps, the central aspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/for-one-thing-studying-language-is-by-itself-a-part-of-a-study-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/noam-chomsky-42_aspect_for-one-thing-studying-language-is-by-it_1657480.jpg) > [Everything depends very much on who you are, what your values are, what your commitments are, what circumstances you live in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/everything-depends-very-much-on-who-you-are-what-your-values-are-what/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/911/noam-chomsky-42_circumstances_everything-depends-very-much-on-who-you_2759792.jpg) > [Real schools ought to provide people with techniques of self-defense, but that would mean teaching the truth about the world and about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/real-schools-ought-to-provide-people-with-techniques-of-self-defense/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/noam-chomsky-42_defense_real-schools-ought-to-provide-people-wit_3142124.jpg) > [Stakeholders - meaning workers and community - the CEO could just as well be responsible to them. This presupposes there ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/stakeholders-meaning-workers-and-community-the-ceo-could-just-as-well/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/noam-chomsky-42_being-responsible_stakeholders-meaning-workers-and-communi_1294249.jpg) > [The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/noam-chomsky-42_brain_the-first-thing-you-ought-to-do-is-verif_11277.jpg) > [Take pandemics. There could easily be a severe pandemic. A lot of that comes from something we don't pay much attention to:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/take-pandemics-there-could-easily-be-a-severe-pandemic-a-lot-of-that/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/noam-chomsky-42_amount_take-pandemics-there-could-easily-be-a-s_2651958.jpg) > [In any institution-factory, university, health center, or whatever-there are a variety of interests that ought to be represented in decision-making: the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-any-institution-factory-university-health-center-or-whatever-there/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/noam-chomsky-42_anachronism_in-any-institution-factory-university-he_1892849.jpg) > [ The reaction we should be having to \[rich liberals\] is not ridicule, but rather self-criticism. Why aren't we organizing them? I mean,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-reaction-we-should-be-having-to-rich-liberals-is-not-ridicule-but/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/noam-chomsky-42_analog_the-reaction-we-should-be-having-to-rich_3191465.jpg) > [Anarcho-syndic alism took for granted that working people ought to control their own work, its conditions, the enterprises in which they work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anarcho-syndic-alism-took-for-granted-that-working-people-ought-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/noam-chomsky-42_association_anarcho-syndic-alism-took-for-granted-th_697999.jpg) > [One thing that you and I know is language. Another thing that you and I know is how objects behave in perceptual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-thing-that-you-and-i-know-is-language-another-thing-that-you-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/noam-chomsky-42_behave_one-thing-that-you-and-i-know-is-languag_359529.jpg) > [You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated and controlled by a subtle propaganda system -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-don-t-have-any-other-society-where-the-educated-classes-are-so/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/noam-chomsky-42_analysis_you-don-t-have-any-other-society-where-t_1321454.jpg) > [I think individuals have a right to privacy, but that ought to include the right to prevent private institutions from monitoring what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-individuals-have-a-right-to-privacy-but-that-ought-to-include/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/noam-chomsky-42_building_i-think-individuals-have-a-right-to-priv_1392125.jpg) ## Other authors on Ought ## 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/ought/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ought Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-are-not-offending-people-who-ought-to-be-offended-you-re-doing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/noam-chomsky-42_ifs_if-you-are-not-offending-people-who-ough_81673.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/noam-chomsky-42_ifs_if-you-are-not-offending-people-who-ough_81673.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/noam-chomsky-42_ifs_if-you-are-not-offending-people-who-ough_81673.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The internet, since it is publicly created, ought to be publicly controlled.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-internet-since-it-is-publicly-created-ought-to-be-publicly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/noam-chomsky-42_controlled_the-internet-since-it-is-publicly-create_3192145.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/noam-chomsky-42_controlled_the-internet-since-it-is-publicly-create_3192145.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/noam-chomsky-42_controlled_the-internet-since-it-is-publicly-create_3192145.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The internet, since it is publicly created, ought to be publicly controlled.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You ought to teach kids that elections take place but that's not politics. 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