Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Obama did organize a great large number of people and many enthusiastic people, what's called in the press 'Obama's Army.' But the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
China is a great manufacturing center, but it's actually mostly an assembly plant. So it assembles parts and components, high technology that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the early days of the military Arpanet, my daughter was studying in Nicaragua. Because the U.S. was essentially at war with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There were plenty of other hominids, but they disappeared, probably because humans exterminated them, but nobody knows for sure. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the United States, one of the main topics of academic political science is the study of attitudes and policy and their… — 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