That was the reason why very few people fleeing the rise of fascism in Europe, especially in Germany, could get to the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The doctrine that everything is fine as long as the population is quiet, that applies in the Middle East, applies in Central… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To go back to a moment of Western civilization remote enough in time so that we should be able to look at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When Nazi emissaries came to the United States, they were welcomed at Harvard. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We use the official definitions of terrorism. The definitions in the U.S. code, in British law, in U.S. Army manuals and so… — 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
George Kennan is another extreme case. He was the American consul in Berlin until the war between Germany and the United States… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Second World War ended with a radicalization of the population in the United States and everywhere else, and called for all… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the United States, and to a certain extent in Canada, there's very little interest in what happens outside their borders. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's been a real success - one of the great business successes in the United States - to break down organization, to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is absolutely the most dangerous country in the world. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you do a Google search, you will probably read a lot of stuff about how I am someone who wants to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Look, the United States doesn't have political parties. In other countries, take say Europe, you can be an active member of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is unique among the rich countries, developed countries, in not having some kind of a national health-care system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
So, at one extreme you have indigenous, tribal societies trying to stem the race to disaster. At the other extreme, the richest,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If the United States is accommodating, the North Koreans become accommodating. If the United States is hostile, they become hostile. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Remember, the U.S. is a powerful state, it's not like Libya. If Libya wants to carry out terrorist acts, they hire Carlos… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is going to continue to punish Iran because of its defiance. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
They [the union] were members of the Communist Party - they didn't care one way or another about Russia, they just cared… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Chinese military spending is carefully monitored by the United States. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States has done some very good things in the world, and that does not change the fact that the World… — 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