Government may not redistribute private wealth or grant special privileges to any individual or group. — 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
The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When a politician uses the word 'folks,' we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“المثقف من حمل الحقيقة في وجه القوة ('cultured from carrying the truth in the face of power')” — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hamas is a political party and political parties don't recognize other countries. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The reason I am a political radical is that I work on syntax. If I worked on semantics (which in fact I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A default of the US government would not only be very harmful here, it would probably send the country back into deep… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Bradley Manning should be regarded as a hero. He is doing what an honest, decent citizen should be doing: letting your population… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The dynamics of the Taliban now appear to be very different and complex, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they attack governments… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's a lesser-known story, but the Japanese government (after the Russian-Nazi pact, which split Poland) did allow Polish Jews to come to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I mean, what's the elections? You know, two guys, same background, wealth, political influence, went to the same elite university, joined the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
While Trump keeps the spotlight on himself, the "respectable" Republican establishment chips away at government programs that benefit the general population. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Even in a largely depoliticized society such as the United States, with no political parties or opposition press beyond the narrow spectrum… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Every single one cabinet appointment: education, environment, labor - every single one is selected to undermine any aspect of government that's of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
During the 1960s, large groups of people who are normally passive and apathetic began to try to enter the political arena to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Work can be undertaken to create an authentic independent political party, a real party, based on popular participation from the ground up,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Globalization is the result of powerful governments, especially that of the United States, pushing trade deals and other accords down the throats… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Second World War ended with a radicalization of the population in the United States and everywhere else, and called for all… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Activism spawned by Sanders campaign is beginning to make inroads into electoral politics. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party pretty much collapsed… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In his book Politics, which is the foundation of the study of political systems, and very interesting, Aristotle talked mainly about Athens.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“You hear it in every political speech, “vote for me, we’ll get the dream back.” They all reiterate it in similar words—you… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In fact quite generally, commercial advertising is fundamentally an effort to undermine markets. We should recognize that. If you’ve taken an economics… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The U.S. directed the war against South Vietnam. There was a political settlement in 1954. But in the late '50's the United… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In fact, I think all of this screaming about "Political Correctness" that we hear these days in the elite culture is basically… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think that has a lot of dangers, as does government surveillance, which is way too high. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My own feeling is that a corporation has no right to have a political or social influence. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Half the population hold that the government is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves, as polls regularly show. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that. — 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
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
