In the mid to late nineteenth century, the gun manufacturers recognized that they had a limited market. Remember that this is a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
That was the reason why very few people fleeing the rise of fascism in Europe, especially in Germany, could get to the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
People are capable of seeing the deceit they're ensnared in. They just have to make the effort. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I know of only one country, at least to my knowledge, which has a dissident culture where leading figures, I mean, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
But on the other hand, in discussion and debate concerning social issues or American foreign policy, Vietnam or the Middle East, for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's a class war, and a war on young people too... that's why tuition is rising so rapidly. There's no real economic… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated and controlled by a subtle propaganda system -… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Many of the people who voted for Trump were people who voted for Obama eight years ago. You remember, of course, his… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Now, the Libertarian Party, is a *capitalist* party. It's in favor of what *I* would regard a *particular form* of authoritarian control.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The drones are a terrorist weapon, they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The people of the Third World need our sympathetic understanding and, much more than that, they need our help. We can provide… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the truths about the world is that there are two superpowers, one a huge power which happens to have its… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is a privilege to join the campaign to support Bradley Manning for his courage and integrity in serving his country by… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I remember talking to, 40 years ago, one of the leading people in the government who was involved in arms control, pressing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
George Kennan is another extreme case. He was the American consul in Berlin until the war between Germany and the United States… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's designed to carry forward the neoliberal project to maximize profit and domination, and to set the working people in the world… — 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