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title: "48 Real Quotes By Noam Chomsky"
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> [Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/real-popular-culture-is-folk-art-coalminers-songs-and-so-forth/)

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> [One of the real problems of society is that its far too atomized, what sociologists call secondary associations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-of-the-real-problems-of-society-is-that-its-far-too-atomized-what/)

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> [I think there are real possibilities of reaching out to many of the Trump voters, those who voted for Obama believing his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-there-are-real-possibilities-of-reaching-out-to-many-of-the/)

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> [Real wages for male workers in the United States are about what they were in the '60s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/real-wages-for-male-workers-in-the-united-states-are-about-what-they/)

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> [It makes sense to work towards a better world, but it doesn't make any sense to have illusions about what the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-makes-sense-to-work-towards-a-better-world-but-it-doesn-t-make-any/)

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> [It is only in folk tales, children's stories, and the journals of intellectual opinion that power is used wisely and well to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-is-only-in-folk-tales-children-s-stories-and-the-journals-of/)

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> [Take, for example, there is a right-wing populist uprising. It's very common, even on the left, to just ridicule them, but that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/take-for-example-there-is-a-right-wing-populist-uprising-it-s-very/)

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> [Nothing in these abstract economic models actually works in the real world. It doesn't matter how many footnotes they put in, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/nothing-in-these-abstract-economic-models-actually-works-in-the-real/)

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> [Cuba forces in Angola gave a real shot in the arm to the liberation movements, and it also was a lesson to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/cuba-forces-in-angola-gave-a-real-shot-in-the-arm-to-the-liberation/)

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> [Physics and those parts of other fields that grow out of physics - chemistry, the structure of big molecules - in those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/physics-and-those-parts-of-other-fields-that-grow-out-of-physics/)

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> [Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/our-only-real-hope-for-democracy-is-that-we-get-the-money-out-of/)

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> [This is real. This is the real mad man theory. We have to be irrational and vindictive, so people don't know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/this-is-real-this-is-the-real-mad-man-theory-we-have-to-be-irrational/)

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> [I just went along with political activists and interested in other intellectual interests which I pursued kind of at random. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-just-went-along-with-political-activists-and-interested-in-other/)

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> [I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-that-the-real-tragedy-of-greece-aside-of-the-savagery-of/)

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> [ England shouldn't have the real freedom of vote and we shouldn't either. Because as \[James Madison\] put it, one of the primary… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/england-shouldn-t-have-the-real-freedom-of-vote-and-we-shouldn-t/)

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> [Most of intellectuals are false prophets, flatterers of the court. The real prophets are the exception and treated badly. How badly they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/most-of-intellectuals-are-false-prophets-flatterers-of-the-court-the/)

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> [I am thinking of actual cases of adolescents, lets say, who think they have five hundred friends, because there are five hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-am-thinking-of-actual-cases-of-adolescents-lets-say-who-think-they/)

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> [The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-real-world-of-american-society-is-one-which-it-is-very-misleading/)

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> [The human species is now at a point where it has to make choices that are going to determine whether decent survival…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-human-species-is-now-at-a-point-where-it-has-to-make-choices-that/)

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> [From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/from-the-late-1940s-into-and-through-the-50s-there-developed-a/)

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> [Major efforts have to be undertaken to bring the general public to understand the real reasons for their plight, and the possibilities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/major-efforts-have-to-be-undertaken-to-bring-the-general-public-to/)

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> [There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-a-noticeable-general-difference-between-the-sciences-and/)

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> [ The community itself didn't support the union. Now that's kind of interesting about \[Barack\] Obama, because Obama was supposedly a community organizer… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-community-itself-didn-t-support-the-union-now-that-s-kind-of/)

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> [Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a trained expert, can solve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anyone-can-be-a-moral-individual-concerned-with-human-rights-and/)

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> [If humans are organisms like every other organism - which they are - then we should expect that if there are some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-humans-are-organisms-like-every-other-organism-which-they-are-then/)

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> [Evolutionary theory has nothing to say, in general, as to whether cheating is more advantageous than cooperating. There are many circumstances in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/evolutionary-theory-has-nothing-to-say-in-general-as-to-whether/)

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> [Trump's principal policies make clear what's going to happen. This gives an opportunity. Right now it's going to take hard work, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/trump-s-principal-policies-make-clear-what-s-going-to-happen-this/)

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> [People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That's because those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/people-seem-to-know-about-may-day-everywhere-except-where-it-began/)

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> [To cite the facts of history is to fall prey to 'moral equivalence,' or 'political correctness,' or 'the error of of atheism,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/to-cite-the-facts-of-history-is-to-fall-prey-to-moral-equivalence-or/)

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> [There is a big difference between tweeting to your friend about something that is happening and having a real personal relationship with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-a-big-difference-between-tweeting-to-your-friend-about/)

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> [American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/american-decline-is-real-though-the-apocalyptic-vision-reflects-the/)

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> [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/)

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> [The shutdown itself is bad but not devastating. The real danger will come up in a couple of weeks. There's legislation which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-shutdown-itself-is-bad-but-not-devastating-the-real-danger-will/)

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> [The Russian ambassador at the United Nations did make some proposals for a political settlement in which Bashar Assad would be slowly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-russian-ambassador-at-the-united-nations-did-make-some-proposals/)

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> [In our society, real power does not happen to lie in the political system, it lies in the private economy: that’s where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-our-society-real-power-does-not-happen-to-lie-in-the-political/)

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> [I had two spinster aunts who were seamstresses, and of course unemployed in the 1930s, but the union gave them a life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-had-two-spinster-aunts-who-were-seamstresses-and-of-course/)

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> [It's been a real success - one of the great business successes in the United States - to break down organization, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-been-a-real-success-one-of-the-great-business-successes-in-the/)

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> [There are real possibilities of reaching many of the Trump voters: many of them in fact voted for Obama, believing his rhetoric…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-real-possibilities-of-reaching-many-of-the-trump-voters/)

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> [To pay attention to the actual core of the movement - that would be pretty hard. Can you concentrate for example on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/to-pay-attention-to-the-actual-core-of-the-movement-that-would-be/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-a-class-war-and-a-war-on-young-people-too-that-s-why-tuition-is/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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