The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I organized tax resistance in 1965, with a friend. I kept at it for about ten years. I don't see it as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, by universal grammar I mean just that system of principles and structures that are the prerequisites for acquisition of language,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The general principle is that the victors don't look at themselves or concede anything. The defeated typically have to, except when it's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that's hardly even a joke. The… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are very deep and restrictive principles that determine the nature of human language and are rooted in the specific character of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One thing that you and I know is language. Another thing that you and I know is how objects behave in perceptual… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If the principle is, "Let's not get lethal substances out to the public", the first one you'd go after is tobacco. The… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is a principle of human affairs that goes back millennia, which is that you don't look in the mirror. You can… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A principle familiar to propagandists is that the doctrine to be instilled in the target audience should not be articulated: that would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“I do not feel that we should set up people as “models”; rather actions, thoughts, principles.” — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Capitalism is based on the principle that everything has to be privately owned; it can't be held in common. There is even… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Contemporary technology could be used to eliminate ownership and management of corporations. It could be used to provide - lets say Apple… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Power has to be protected from scrutiny. That's the principle of every dictatorship, of every autocracy. You hear it from high priests… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Modern science and technology can relieve men of the necessity for specialized, imbecile labor. They may, in principle, provide the basis for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Moves toward sovereignty in Iraq stimulate pressures first for human rights among the bitterly repressed Shi'ite population but also toward some degree… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A basic principal of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's a principle that anything our leaders do is for noble reasons. It may be mistaken, it may be ugly, but basically… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are, in principle, under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
While I think in principle people should not have irrational beliefs, I should say that as a matter of fact, it is… — 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
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