--- title: "13 Responsible Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "13 Responsible quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Responsible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/noam-chomsky-42_everyone_science-as-everyone-knows-is-responsible_812361.jpg" --- > [Science, as everyone knows, is responsible, moderate, unsentimental, and otherwise good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/science-as-everyone-knows-is-responsible-moderate-unsentimental-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/noam-chomsky-42_everyone_science-as-everyone-knows-is-responsible_812361.jpg) > [You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-are-responsible-for-the-predictable-consequences-of-your-actions/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/noam-chomsky-42_action_you-are-responsible-for-the-predictable_3098732.jpg) > [An unstated but crucial premise is that the "responsible men" achieve that exalted status by their service to authentic power, a fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/an-unstated-but-crucial-premise-is-that-the-responsible-men-achieve/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/noam-chomsky-42_achieve_an-unstated-but-crucial-premise-is-that_364674.jpg) > [Why not stakeholder action? There's no economic principal that says that management should be responsive to shareholders, in fact you can read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/why-not-stakeholder-action-there-s-no-economic-principal-that-says/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/noam-chomsky-42_action_why-not-stakeholder-action-there-s-no-ec_1777723.jpg) > [The communists were mainly responsible for the destruction of the Spanish anarchists. Not just in Catalonia - the communist armies mainly destroyed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-communists-were-mainly-responsible-for-the-destruction-of-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/noam-chomsky-42_anarchist_the-communists-were-mainly-responsible-f_3100139.jpg) > [In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-1949-china-declared-independence-an-event-known-in-western/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/noam-chomsky-42_bitter_in-1949-china-declared-independence-an-e_3014085.jpg) > [Stakeholders - meaning workers and community - the CEO could just as well be responsible to them. This presupposes there ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/stakeholders-meaning-workers-and-community-the-ceo-could-just-as-well/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/noam-chomsky-42_being-responsible_stakeholders-meaning-workers-and-communi_1294249.jpg) > [Should people be mere "interested spectators of action," not "participants," restricted to lending their weight periodically to one or another sector of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/should-people-be-mere-interested-spectators-of-action-not/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/noam-chomsky-42_action_should-people-be-mere-interested-spectat_1994746.jpg) > [Now, you ban not the whole Muslim world. You ban seven states, seven states that have not been responsible for a single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/now-you-ban-not-the-whole-muslim-world-you-ban-seven-states-seven/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/noam-chomsky-42_arabia_now-you-ban-not-the-whole-muslim-world-y_2786328.jpg) > [Our concern is to help people counter the efforts of those who seek to "regiment the public mind every bit as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/our-concern-is-to-help-people-counter-the-efforts-of-those-who-seek/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/noam-chomsky-42_able_our-concern-is-to-help-people-counter-th_723241.jpg) > [If you look at the minutes of the constitutional convention - which we have - Madison who was the main framer, proceeded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-look-at-the-minutes-of-the-constitutional-convention-which-we/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/noam-chomsky-42_constitutional-conve_if-you-look-at-the-minutes-of-the-consti_836038.jpg) > [Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/reparations-not-just-aid-should-be-provided-by-those-responsible-for/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/noam-chomsky-42_action_reparations-not-just-aid-should-be-provi_1108673.jpg) > [Our crimes, for which we are responsible: as taxpayers, for failing to provide massive reparations, for granting refuge and immunity to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/our-crimes-for-which-we-are-responsible-as-taxpayers-for-failing-to/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/noam-chomsky-42_allowing_our-crimes-for-which-we-are-responsible_2889194.jpg) ## Other authors on Responsible ## 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/responsible/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "13 Responsible Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science, as everyone knows, is responsible, moderate, unsentimental, and otherwise good.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/science-as-everyone-knows-is-responsible-moderate-unsentimental-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/noam-chomsky-42_everyone_science-as-everyone-knows-is-responsible_812361.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/noam-chomsky-42_everyone_science-as-everyone-knows-is-responsible_812361.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/noam-chomsky-42_everyone_science-as-everyone-knows-is-responsible_812361.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Science, as everyone knows, is responsible, moderate, unsentimental, and otherwise good.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-are-responsible-for-the-predictable-consequences-of-your-actions/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/noam-chomsky-42_action_you-are-responsible-for-the-predictable_3098732.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/noam-chomsky-42_action_you-are-responsible-for-the-predictable_3098732.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/noam-chomsky-42_action_you-are-responsible-for-the-predictable_3098732.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions.” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An unstated but crucial premise is that the \"responsible men\" achieve that exalted status by their service to authentic power, a fact of life that they will discover soon enough if they try to pursue an independent path.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/an-unstated-but-crucial-premise-is-that-the-responsible-men-achieve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/noam-chomsky-42_achieve_an-unstated-but-crucial-premise-is-that_364674.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/noam-chomsky-42_achieve_an-unstated-but-crucial-premise-is-that_364674.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/noam-chomsky-42_achieve_an-unstated-but-crucial-premise-is-that_364674.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An unstated but crucial premise is that the \"responsible men\" achieve that exalted status by their service…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why not stakeholder action? 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But, you leave the ones that really are responsible, like Saudi Arabia, which is the center for propaganda and funding and so on for radical Islamic Jihadism, well you can't touch them because of business interests, also they have oil and so on and so forth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/now-you-ban-not-the-whole-muslim-world-you-ban-seven-states-seven/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/noam-chomsky-42_arabia_now-you-ban-not-the-whole-muslim-world-y_2786328.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/noam-chomsky-42_arabia_now-you-ban-not-the-whole-muslim-world-y_2786328.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/noam-chomsky-42_arabia_now-you-ban-not-the-whole-muslim-world-y_2786328.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Now, you ban not the whole Muslim world. 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