--- title: "13 Percent Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "13 Percent quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Percent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/noam-chomsky-42_dark_there-are-plenty-of-things-that-are-unkn_2935346.jpg" --- > [There are plenty of things that are unknown, but are assumed reasonably to exist, even in the most basic sciences. Maybe 90…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-plenty-of-things-that-are-unknown-but-are-assumed/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/noam-chomsky-42_dark_there-are-plenty-of-things-that-are-unkn_2935346.jpg) > [The truth of the matter is that about 99 percent of teaching is making the students feel interestedin the material. Then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-truth-of-the-matter-is-that-about-99-percent-of-teaching-is/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/noam-chomsky-42_cooperative-learning_the-truth-of-the-matter-is-that-about-99_2667078.jpg) > [In fact, I was in a lab that was a hundred percent funded by the Pentagon, and it was one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-fact-i-was-in-a-lab-that-was-a-hundred-percent-funded-by-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/noam-chomsky-42_antiwar_in-fact-i-was-in-a-lab-that-was-a-hundre_2389411.jpg) > [ Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the \[Vietnam \] war was fundamentally… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/take-a-look-at-public-opinion-about-70-percent-of-the-population-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/noam-chomsky-42_80s_take-a-look-at-public-opinion-about-70-p_103773.jpg) > [Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It's minuscule, few percent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/obama-has-succeeded-in-descending-even-below-george-w-bush-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/noam-chomsky-42_approval_obama-has-succeeded-in-descending-even-b_2429136.jpg) > [ The US is a country \[in which\] eighty percent of the population thinks the Bible was written by god. About half think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-us-is-a-country-in-which-eighty-percent-of-the-population-thinks/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/noam-chomsky-42_appeals_the-us-is-a-country-in-which-eighty-perc_2767065.jpg) > [Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/spaniards-were-condemned-for-appeasing-terrorism-by-voting-for/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/noam-chomsky-42_absence_spaniards-were-condemned-for-appeasing-t_1076479.jpg) > [ Private sector unionization is down to practically seven percent. Meanwhile the public sector unions have kind of sustained themselves \[even\] under attack,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/private-sector-unionization-is-down-to-practically-seven-percent/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/noam-chomsky-42_barack_private-sector-unionization-is-down-to-p_1174817.jpg) > [The Tea Party movement itself is maybe 15, 20 percent of the electorate. It's relatively affluent, white, nativist. You know, it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-tea-party-movement-itself-is-maybe-15-20-percent-of-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/noam-chomsky-42_affluent_the-tea-party-movement-itself-is-maybe-1_1694042.jpg) > [In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terrorist-atrocities-in-the-world/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/noam-chomsky-42_arms_in-the-late-1990s-some-of-the-worst-terr_2005318.jpg) > [Israel produces and stores chemical weapons. So therefore the US will prevent the Chemical Weapons Convention from being imposed on the Middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/israel-produces-and-stores-chemical-weapons-so-therefore-the-us-will/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/noam-chomsky-42_chemical-weapons_israel-produces-and-stores-chemical-weap_2719153.jpg) > [ When \[Bill\] Clinton came along, it sort of moderated a little bit, but Clinton had a different device for breaking unions called… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-bill-clinton-came-along-it-sort-of-moderated-a-little-bit-but/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/noam-chomsky-42_agreement_when-bill-clinton-came-along-it-sort-of_445300.jpg) > [Arab public opinion does not regard Iran as a hostile entity. In fact it's so supportive of Iran that a majority would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/arab-public-opinion-does-not-regard-iran-as-a-hostile-entity-in-fact/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/noam-chomsky-42_better-off_arab-public-opinion-does-not-regard-iran_2963071.jpg) ## Other authors on Percent ## 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/percent/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "13 Percent Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are plenty of things that are unknown, but are assumed reasonably to exist, even in the most basic sciences. 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Meanwhile the public sector unions have kind of sustained themselves [even] under attack, but in the last few years, there's been a sharp [increase in the] attack on public sector unions, which Barack Obama has participated in, in fact. 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