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title: "32 Rich Quotes By Noam Chomsky"
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> [The United States is unique among the rich countries, developed countries, in not having some kind of a national health-care system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-united-states-is-unique-among-the-rich-countries-developed/)

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> [The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-country-that-consistently-ranks-among-the-highest-in-educational/)

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> [People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/people-are-dangerous-if-they-re-able-to-involve-themselves-in-issues/)

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> [Tough love is just the right phrase: love for the rich and privileged, tough for everyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/tough-love-is-just-the-right-phrase-love-for-the-rich-and-privileged/)

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> [The free market is 'socialism' for the rich: the public pays the costs and the rich get the benefit - markets for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-free-market-is-socialism-for-the-rich-the-public-pays-the-costs/)

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> [All public resources go to the rich. The poor, if they can survive in the labor market, fine. Otherwise, they die. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/all-public-resources-go-to-the-rich-the-poor-if-they-can-survive-in/)

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> [Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/education-must-provide-the-opportunities-for-self-fulfillment-it-can/)

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> [Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/governments-are-not-representative-they-have-their-own-power-serving/)

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> [There are no conservatives in the United States. The United States does not have a conservative tradition. The people who call themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-no-conservatives-in-the-united-states-the-united-states/)

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> [Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/of-course-all-such-conclusions-about-appropriate-actions-against-the/)

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> [The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-bush-administration-do-have-moral-values-their-moral-values-are/)

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> [ ...free enterprise, \[is\] a term that refers, in practice, to a system of public subsidy and private profit, with massive government intervention… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/free-enterprise-is-a-term-that-refers-in-practice-to-a-system-of/)

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> [Rush Limbaugh has answered - it's the rich liberals who own the banks and run the government, and of course run the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/rush-limbaugh-has-answered-it-s-the-rich-liberals-who-own-the-banks/)

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> [Stability means you do what we say, and what we say is that Colombia and the resources of the Andean region shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/stability-means-you-do-what-we-say-and-what-we-say-is-that-colombia/)

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> [There is a considerable polarization taking place here, increasing the gap between rich and poor. It's most dramatic in Third World countries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-a-considerable-polarization-taking-place-here-increasing-the/)

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> [ The reaction we should be having to \[rich liberals\] is not ridicule, but rather self-criticism. Why aren't we organizing them? I mean,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-reaction-we-should-be-having-to-rich-liberals-is-not-ridicule-but/)

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> [Very commonly substances are criminalized because they're associated with what's called the dangerous classes, you know, poor people, or working people… Actually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/very-commonly-substances-are-criminalized-because-they-re-associated/)

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> [Adam Smith is an egalitarian, he believed in equality of outcome, not opportunity. He is an enlightenment figure, pre-capitalist. He says, suppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/adam-smith-is-an-egalitarian-he-believed-in-equality-of-outcome-not/)

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> [There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-few-genuine-conservatives-within-the-u-s-political-system/)

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> [The Republican Party has pretty much abandoned any pretense of being a traditional political party. It's in lockstep obedience to the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-republican-party-has-pretty-much-abandoned-any-pretense-of-being/)

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> [Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/jesus-himself-and-most-of-the-message-of-the-gospels-is-a-message-of/)

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> [Look at the ozone story. As long as it was the southern hemisphere that was being threatened, there was very little talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/look-at-the-ozone-story-as-long-as-it-was-the-southern-hemisphere/)

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> [The rich and powerful countries are trying to wreck as much as possible. You know, go off the cliff as soon as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-rich-and-powerful-countries-are-trying-to-wreck-as-much-as/)

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> [Balochistan, and to some extent Sindh too, has a general feeling that they are not part of the decision-making process in Pakistan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/balochistan-and-to-some-extent-sindh-too-has-a-general-feeling-that/)

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> [The Republicans went so far to the right that they just can't get votes. They've become a dedicated party of the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-republicans-went-so-far-to-the-right-that-they-just-can-t-get/)

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> [One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think - even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-of-the-problems-of-organizing-in-the-north-in-the-rich-countries/)

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> [Well before September 11, it was understood that with modern technology, the rich and powerful will lose their near monopoly of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/well-before-september-11-it-was-understood-that-with-modern/)

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> [ The main mineral in your cellphone, coltan \[a black metallic ore\], comes from the Eastern Congo. Multinational corporations are there exploiting the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-main-mineral-in-your-cellphone-coltan-a-black-metallic-ore-comes/)

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> [Thanh Hoa itself is a rich agricultural province. Rice fields, a pattern of many shades of green, stretch far into the distance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/thanh-hoa-itself-is-a-rich-agricultural-province-rice-fields-a/)

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> [In England, enclosure programs kind of destroyed the commons. In the United States, it happened later. But, ah, now it's happening in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-england-enclosure-programs-kind-of-destroyed-the-commons-in-the/)

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> [In other countries, rich and poor, education remains substantially free, with educational standards that rank high in global comparisons. Even in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-other-countries-rich-and-poor-education-remains-substantially-free/)

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> [In fact, for the majority of the population, wages and incomes have stagnated and conditions have gotten worse. So they are asking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-fact-for-the-majority-of-the-population-wages-and-incomes-have/)

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## Other authors on Rich

## 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/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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