Running Quotes by Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky’s running quotes criticize big‑scale wars and political power. He points out that wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost trillions, and that international affairs often run like a mafia that punishes dissent. He also says elections are dominated by money and media, leaving ordinary people on the sidelines.
![“I can understand the idea that there is a conspiracy. In fact, in much of the world there is a sense of an ultra-powerful CIA manipulating everything that happens, such as running the Arab Spring, running the Pakistani Taliban, etc. That is just nonsense. They [CIA] created a monster and now they…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/noam-chomsky-42_arab-spring_i-can-understand-the-idea-that-there-is_2781403.jpg)
![“[The Republican Party] for example, they do run the House of Representatives, they're a majority there, and it's the House that is essentially sending the government into shutdown and maybe default. But they won the majority of seats there because of various kinds of chicanery. They got a minority…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/noam-chomsky-42_agendas_the-republican-party-for-example-they-do_2928358.jpg)
![“I had relatives in New York City who I stayed with. And in those days, the area from Union Square down Fourth Avenue had small bookstores, many of which were run by Spanish immigrants who'd fled after [Francisco] Franco's victory. I spent time in them, and also in the offices of Freie Arbeiter…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/noam-chomsky-42_anarchist_i-had-relatives-in-new-york-city-who-i-s_3008146.jpg)
![“In the US, first of all, the electoral system has been almost totally shredded. For a long time it's been pretty much run by private concentrated spending but now it's over the top. Elections increasingly over the years have been [public relations] extravaganzas.” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/noam-chomsky-42_democracy_in-the-us-first-of-all-the-electoral-sys_641045.jpg)
