The "prophets" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. They provided critical geopolitical analysis, condemned the crimes of the powerful, called for… — 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
I happen to agree with the anti-dictatorship policies, but I don't think it's the role of General Electric to support them or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The intellectual is an individual with a specific public role in society that cannot be reduced simply to . . a faceless professional. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't like piracy but if anybody's concerned about piracy, why don't they pay attention to our role in it? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is a reason why Nelson Mandela went to Cuba to praise Castro and thank the Cuban people almost as soon as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't really see what can be said about the role of faculty members, or universities, beyond the truisms voiced earlier, and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
While language can surely be used for communication (as can much else), communication probably has no special role in its design or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Precisely constructed models for linguistic structure can play an important role, both negative and positive, in the process of discovery itself. By… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the sciences particularly the large public universities must and do take an active role in fostering creativity and independence; otherwise the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think religion has often played a very positive role. Take western civilization, the Catholic Church has played an honorable role in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The military has a huge role in the economy [of Pakistan] with big stakes and, as you say, it has constantly intervened… — 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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