Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As long as nuclear weapons exist, the chances of survival of the human species are quite slight. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The target of preventive war must have several characteristics. It must be virtually defenceless; it must be important enough to be worth… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A property of an organism enters into its life (and survival) in many different ways, some more salient than others. But there… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The human species is now at a point where it has to make choices that are going to determine whether decent survival… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The people of the Third World need our sympathetic understanding and, much more than that, they need our help. We can provide… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The most important issues to address are the truly existential threats we face: climate change and nuclear war. On the former, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In a moment of crisis, of which there are all too many, Russian military planners may conclude that lacking a deterrent, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
On nuclear war, actions in Syria and at the Russian border raise very serious threats of confrontation that might trigger war, an… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we move toward the weaponisation of space, we can bid farewell to the planet. The chances of survival are very slight. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The question in brief, is whether democracy and freedom are values to be preserved or threats to be avoided . . .… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. It won't kill everybody, but it would change the world dramatically. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce… — 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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