If [climate change ] became a serious proposal in the United States, there would be a huge propaganda onslaught by the business… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In England, enclosure programs kind of destroyed the commons. In the United States, it happened later. But, ah, now it's happening in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Unlike Europe, China can't be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they've… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That's because those… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hamas must agree to first recognize Israel, second to end all violence, third to accept past agreements. Try to find a mention… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is off the international spectrum in religious extremism. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We're supposed to believe that oil had nothing to do with it, that if Iraq were exporting pickles or jelly and the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Where are the drug cartels getting their weapons? They are being provided by the United States. Cut off that flow of arms. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Take Germany and Japan, both defeated in the Second World War. Germany has acknowledged its monstrous crimes to a certain extent, has… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There had been a free and open election in Haiti in the early 1990s and president Jean-Bertrand Aristide won, a populist priest.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a strong nativist tradition - saying, "we have to protect ourselves" - that comes from the founding of the country. If… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Venezuela is independent. It's diversifying its exports to a limited extent, instead of just being dependent on exports to the United States.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you destroyed half the pharmaceutical production in the United States, we'd think it's a pretty serious problem. In fact, we'd probably… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration has pressured Mexico to keep them away from the Mexican border, so that they don't succeed in reaching… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the United States everyone is an illegal immigrant - everyone except the people in Indian Reservations. This is an immigrant society. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, a rather striking aspect of business propaganda in the United States is the demonization of government, starting after the Second… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our yearning for democracy is accompanied by a no less profound yearning for peace. And the media also faced the task of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Most of us who were opposed to the war, especially in the early '60's - the war we were opposed to was… — 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