--- title: "12 Special Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "12 Special quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Special sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/noam-chomsky-42_enough_those-lucky-enough-to-qualify-as-intelle_2561405.jpg" --- > [Those lucky enough to qualify as "intellectuals" have their own special responsibilities, deriving from their good fortune. Among these is the task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/those-lucky-enough-to-qualify-as-intellectuals-have-their-own-special/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/noam-chomsky-42_enough_those-lucky-enough-to-qualify-as-intelle_2561405.jpg) > [Government may not redistribute private wealth or grant special privileges to any individual or group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/government-may-not-redistribute-private-wealth-or-grant-special/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_government_government-may-not-redistribute-private_216658.jpg) > [While language can surely be used for communication (as can much else), communication probably has no special role in its design or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/while-language-can-surely-be-used-for-communication-as-can-much-else/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/noam-chomsky-42_communication_while-language-can-surely-be-used-for-co_2109863.jpg) > [The Obama administration is dedicated to increasing terrorism. In fact, he is doing it all over the world. Obama is running the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-obama-administration-is-dedicated-to-increasing-terrorism-in-fact/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/noam-chomsky-42_administration_the-obama-administration-is-dedicated-to_452576.jpg) > [There was a striking example of this in Pakistan when the US sent in Special Forces, to be honest, to kill Osama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-was-a-striking-example-of-this-in-pakistan-when-the-us-sent-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/noam-chomsky-42_being-honest_there-was-a-striking-example-of-this-in_2310697.jpg) > [Those who actually do have a valid claim to such special competence have a particular obligation to make very clear to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/those-who-actually-do-have-a-valid-claim-to-such-special-competence/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/noam-chomsky-42_affair_those-who-actually-do-have-a-valid-claim_1616770.jpg) > [If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-by-intellectual-you-mean-people-who-are-a-special-class-who-are-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/noam-chomsky-42_believe_if-by-intellectual-you-mean-people-who-a_3100820.jpg) > [The beam in our own eye is harder to detect, although - or more accurately because - to detect it, and remove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-detect-although-or-more/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/noam-chomsky-42_beam_the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-det_701616.jpg) > [But on the other hand, in discussion and debate concerning social issues or American foreign policy, Vietnam or the Middle East, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/but-on-the-other-hand-in-discussion-and-debate-concerning-social/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/noam-chomsky-42_american-foreign-pol_but-on-the-other-hand-in-discussion-and_1302294.jpg) > [The United States is a special case, and for me, very interesting. It's studied carefully and we know a lot about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-united-states-is-a-special-case-and-for-me-very-interesting-it-s/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/noam-chomsky-42_character_the-united-states-is-a-special-case-and_2879419.jpg) > [In the 1960s, various parts of the population became energized and began to enter the public arena to call for the rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-1960s-various-parts-of-the-population-became-energized-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_in-the-1960s-various-parts-of-the-popula_1617909.jpg) > [There is no evolutionary pressure to create minds capable of forming sciences; it just happened. Evolutionary pressure has not led to higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-no-evolutionary-pressure-to-create-minds-capable-of-forming/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/noam-chomsky-42_biology_there-is-no-evolutionary-pressure-to-cre_711024.jpg) ## Other authors on Special ## 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/special/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "12 Special Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those lucky enough to qualify as \"intellectuals\" have their own special responsibilities, deriving from their good fortune. 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Intellectuals have historically played a critical function in performing these tasks, and [Ivan] Illich is right to observe that claims to scientific expertise and special knowledge are often used as a device.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-detect-although-or-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/noam-chomsky-42_beam_the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-det_701616.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/noam-chomsky-42_beam_the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-det_701616.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/noam-chomsky-42_beam_the-beam-in-our-own-eye-is-harder-to-det_701616.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The beam in our own eye is harder to detect, although - or more accurately because - to detect it, and…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But on the other hand, in discussion and debate concerning social issues or American foreign policy, Vietnam or the Middle East, for example, the issue is constantly raised, often with considerable venom. 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It's studied carefully and we know a lot about it. One of the most striking features of the elections is the class-based character of the vote. Now, class is not discussed or even measured in the United States. In fact, the word is almost obscene, except for the term \"middle class.\" And you can't get exact class data; the census doesn't even give class data. But you can sort of see the significance of it just from income figures.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-united-states-is-a-special-case-and-for-me-very-interesting-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/noam-chomsky-42_character_the-united-states-is-a-special-case-and_2879419.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/noam-chomsky-42_character_the-united-states-is-a-special-case-and_2879419.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/noam-chomsky-42_character_the-united-states-is-a-special-case-and_2879419.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The United States is a special case, and for me, very interesting. 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