--- title: "11 System Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "11 System quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more System sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/noam-chomsky-42_clemency_i-hope-that-a-move-toward-clemency-with_155511.jpg" --- > [I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-hope-that-a-move-toward-clemency-with-judge-afiuni-would-be-a-step/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/noam-chomsky-42_clemency_i-hope-that-a-move-toward-clemency-with_155511.jpg) > [The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-whole-infrastructure-of-air-travel-was-and-is-part-of-government/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/noam-chomsky-42_air_the-whole-infrastructure-of-air-travel-w_2149933.jpg) > [Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/our-only-real-hope-for-democracy-is-that-we-get-the-money-out-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/noam-chomsky-42_democracy_our-only-real-hope-for-democracy-is-that_3057469.jpg) > [Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-policy-is-deluged-by-crazed/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/noam-chomsky-42_also_everyone-who-is-critical-of-israeli-poli_3096537.jpg) > [Descriptive grammar is an attempt to give an account of what the current system is for either a society or an individual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/descriptive-grammar-is-an-attempt-to-give-an-account-of-what-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/noam-chomsky-42_account_descriptive-grammar-is-an-attempt-to-giv_1295418.jpg) > [A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/a-consistent-anarchist-must-oppose-private-ownership-of-the-means-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/noam-chomsky-42_anarchist_a-consistent-anarchist-must-oppose-priva_2605326.jpg) > [The social and physical construction of suburban America really was quite complex. It was a very elaborate system, and clearly a massive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-social-and-physical-construction-of-suburban-america-really-was/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/noam-chomsky-42_america_the-social-and-physical-construction-of_1131395.jpg) > [The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-u-s-has-the-most-dysfunctional-healthcare-system-in-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/noam-chomsky-42_about_the-u-s-has-the-most-dysfunctional-healt_1760929.jpg) > [From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/from-the-late-1940s-into-and-through-the-50s-there-developed-a/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/noam-chomsky-42_across_from-the-late-1940s-into-and-through-the_1323139.jpg) > [Historical grammar is a study of how, say, modern English developed from Middle English, and how that developed from Early and Old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/historical-grammar-is-a-study-of-how-say-modern-english-developed/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/noam-chomsky-42_developed_historical-grammar-is-a-study-of-how-say_3091181.jpg) > [The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-occupy-movement-did-create-spontaneously-communities-that-taught/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/noam-chomsky-42_aid_the-occupy-movement-did-create-spontaneo_1446015.jpg) ## Other authors on System - 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[ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-seth-shostak-84148.jpg) Seth Shostak 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/system/seth-shostak/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-paulson-41648.jpg) Henry Paulson 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/system/henry-paulson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carolyn-porco-21371.jpg) Carolyn Porco 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/system/carolyn-porco/) - [Shavo Odadjian 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/system/shavo-odadjian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joel-salatin-50654.jpg) Joel Salatin 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/system/joel-salatin/) ## 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/system/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "11 System Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-hope-that-a-move-toward-clemency-with-judge-afiuni-would-be-a-step/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/noam-chomsky-42_clemency_i-hope-that-a-move-toward-clemency-with_155511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/noam-chomsky-42_clemency_i-hope-that-a-move-toward-clemency-with_155511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/noam-chomsky-42_clemency_i-hope-that-a-move-toward-clemency-with_155511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. 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