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title: "64 Trying Quotes By Noam Chomsky"
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> [It hardly takes more than a day in Gaza to begin to appreciate what it must be like to try to survive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-hardly-takes-more-than-a-day-in-gaza-to-begin-to-appreciate-what/)

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> [People who don't accept that doctrinal system, they may try to survive in the media, but they are unlikely to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/people-who-don-t-accept-that-doctrinal-system-they-may-try-to-survive/)

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> [Civil disobedience's main goal typically is to try to arouse and inspire others to join and do something. Well, sometimes that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/civil-disobedience-s-main-goal-typically-is-to-try-to-arouse-and/)

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> [If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-are-giving-a-graduate-course-you-don-t-try-to-impress-the/)

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> [If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-care-about-other-people-you-might-try-to-organize-to-undermine/)

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> [There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-massive-efforts-on-the-part-of-the-internet-s-corporate/)

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> [Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anarchists-try-to-identify-power-structures-they-urge-those/)

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> [Efforts can succeed over time, and not trying ensures that the worst will happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/efforts-can-succeed-over-time-and-not-trying-ensures-that-the-worst/)

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> [France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a 'third force,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/france-had-a-policy-initiated-by-general-de-gaulle-of-trying-to-turn/)

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> [In England, enclosure programs kind of destroyed the commons. In the United States, it happened later. But, ah, now it's happening in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-england-enclosure-programs-kind-of-destroyed-the-commons-in-the/)

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> [...jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/jingoism-racism-fear-religious-fundamentalism-these-are-the-ways-of/)

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> [An unstated but crucial premise is that the "responsible men" achieve that exalted status by their service to authentic power, a fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/an-unstated-but-crucial-premise-is-that-the-responsible-men-achieve/)

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> [Democracy was regarded as entering into a crisis in the 1960s. The crisis was that large segments of the population were becoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/democracy-was-regarded-as-entering-into-a-crisis-in-the-1960s-the/)

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> [So, at one extreme you have indigenous, tribal societies trying to stem the race to disaster. At the other extreme, the richest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/so-at-one-extreme-you-have-indigenous-tribal-societies-trying-to-stem/)

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> [Because the 1979 strike against U.S. Steel in Youngstown, Ohio was an occupation - and actually, that's a model that really should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/because-the-1979-strike-against-u-s-steel-in-youngstown-ohio-was-an/)

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> [The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-washington-leadership-has-put-aside-non-proliferation-programmes/)

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> [In fact, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 bans militarization. Potential adversaries of the US, and even its allies, are so far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-fact-the-outer-space-treaty-of-1967-bans-militarization-potential/)

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> [Policies are designed to undermine working class organization and the reason is not only the unions fight for workers' rights, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/policies-are-designed-to-undermine-working-class-organization-and-the/)

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> [Students typically are at a period of their lives when they're more free than at any other time. They're out of parental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/students-typically-are-at-a-period-of-their-lives-when-they-re-more/)

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> [I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-try-to-encourage-people-to-think-for-themselves-to-question/)

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> [Since November 8, 2017 the United States is literally alone in the world in first of all refusing to join in efforts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/since-november-8-2017-the-united-states-is-literally-alone-in-the/)

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> [There are still thousands of people dying every year in Laos, mostly children and farmers, from unexploded anti-personnel ordnance that the U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-still-thousands-of-people-dying-every-year-in-laos-mostly/)

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> [As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-far-as-u-s-intelligence-knows-iran-is-developing-nuclear/)

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> [The rich and powerful countries are trying to wreck as much as possible. You know, go off the cliff as soon as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-rich-and-powerful-countries-are-trying-to-wreck-as-much-as/)

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> [The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it's a major problem, that's just a hidden way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-effort-to-try-to-present-the-social-security-program-as-if-it-s-a/)

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> [Terrorists regard themselves as a vanguard. They're trying to mobilize others to their cause. I mean, every specialist on terrorism knows that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/terrorists-regard-themselves-as-a-vanguard-they-re-trying-to-mobilize/)

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> [There is a kind of nonlinguistic thought going on which we are trying to represent in language, and we know that sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-is-a-kind-of-nonlinguistic-thought-going-on-which-we-are-trying/)

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> [The ideal is to create a completely fragmented atomized society where everybody is totally alone, doing nothing but trying to pursue created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-ideal-is-to-create-a-completely-fragmented-atomized-society-where/)

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> [My memory - faded, as I say - is that Paul Johnson was trying to vilify all intellectuals who were at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/my-memory-faded-as-i-say-is-that-paul-johnson-was-trying-to-vilify/)

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> [The Republicans have picked that as the one thing that they want to hang on to to try to gain some political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-republicans-have-picked-that-as-the-one-thing-that-they-want-to/)

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> [The responsibility of the writer as a moral agent is to try to bring the truth about matters of human significance to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-responsibility-of-the-writer-as-a-moral-agent-is-to-try-to-bring/)

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> [Suppose I try to say the US carries out terror, in fact it's one of the leading terrorist states in the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/suppose-i-try-to-say-the-us-carries-out-terror-in-fact-it-s-one-of/)

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> [We could not bring democracy and freedom to Vietnam at a cost acceptable to ourselves. The idea that that was what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/we-could-not-bring-democracy-and-freedom-to-vietnam-at-a-cost/)

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> [It’s pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-pretty-ironic-that-the-so-called-least-advanced-people-are-the/)

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> [During the 1960s, large groups of people who are normally passive and apathetic began to try to enter the political arena to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/during-the-1960s-large-groups-of-people-who-are-normally-passive-and/)

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> [The labor movement had been pretty much killed in the 1920s, almost destroyed. It revived in the 1930s and made a huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-labor-movement-had-been-pretty-much-killed-in-the-1920s-almost/)

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> [I think the Christian Coalition could be extremely dangerous. We should always be concerned when any group wants to impose their doctrinal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-the-christian-coalition-could-be-extremely-dangerous-we/)

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> [If you're working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-re-working-50-hours-a-week-to-try-to-maintain-family-income/)

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> [The missile defense component is a minor feature that nobody takes very seriously. Nobody really believes that the US is trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-missile-defense-component-is-a-minor-feature-that-nobody-takes/)

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> [The media is uncritical, and their so-called the concept of objectivity translates into keeping everything within the Beltway. However, Iraq was quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-media-is-uncritical-and-their-so-called-the-concept-of/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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