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 Andes region is not stable. So we can expect to see more US intervention. It could be under any kind of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As Bromberger observed, rules are understood to be elements of the computational systems that determine the sound and meaning of the infinite… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If the most important revolutionary part of the George W. Bush Doctrine is that states that harbor terrorists are terrorist states, what… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When geologists announced the beginning of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, humans destroying the environment, one of the main things they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To use the terms that are reserved for official enemies, it is the commissars and apparatchiks, not the dissidents, who are respected… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It was declared by Congress that marijuana makes people insane. But . . . lawyers, defense lawyers, got the idea, OK, I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When geologists announced the beginning of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, humans destroying the environment, one of the main things they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Non-violent resistance activities cannot succeed against an enemy that is able freely to use violence. That's pretty obvious. You can't have non-violent… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When people know we are ready to use nuclear weapons, they're going to back off if we do something aggressive. So basically,… — 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
Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy - their own population. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The crimes committed against the people of West Papua are some of the most shameful of the past years. The Western powers… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think the most important work that is going on has to do with the search for very general and abstract features… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You also have to get beyond that to dismantle the system of production for profit rather than production for use. That means… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't see much use in general slogans. Sometimes it is worth resisting evil with lesser evil, very commonly in fact. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think there are all kinds of intrusions into private rights that make use of contemporary technology. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't use the social media but I can see the effects in my own correspondence. I get a ton of correspondence.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think the use of language is a very important means by which this species, because of its biological nature, creates a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I'm into eating as little as possible, paying as little attention as possible. I never cook. Never use the stove or anything. — 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