You keep plugging away--that's the way social change takes place. That's the way every social change in history has taken place: by… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As for organs, traits, etc., being "for" something, the notion may be a useful shorthand, but shouldn't be taken too seriously, if… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Very urgent measures need to be taken, and without much delay, in dealing with the ongoing destruction of the environment. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The U.S. increasingly has taken on the characteristics of what we describe as 'failed states.' — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The world was warned of extremely severe dangers unless urgent steps are taken to deal with global warming. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the [Vietnam ] war was fundamentally… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think the activism of the 1960s had a very definite civilizing effect on the whole society in all kinds of ways.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Insofar as the universities are free and independent, they will also be "subversive," in the sense that dominant structures of power and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The US is a country [in which] eighty percent of the population thinks the Bible was written by god. About half think… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's necessary to address the concerns and beliefs of those who are taken in by the fraud, or who don't recognize the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I did not say that language as a completed system emerged in an individual in an instant. But I cannot think of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Look at the ozone story. As long as it was the southern hemisphere that was being threatened, there was very little talk… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing… — 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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