Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it's surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton was the one pressing the hardest for bombing, and look at what happened. They not only destroyed the country, but… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
That's our nuclear weapons strategy [going to frighten people], as of the early post-Cold War years. And I think this is a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The prescription for endless war poses a far greater danger to Americans than perceived enemies do, for reasons the terrorist organisations understand… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The atrocities in Cambodia are a direct and understandable response to the violence of the imperial system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are people on the left who say, Look, we can't let these atrocities go on, so let's enter the war and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“It's not the generals, it's the civilians who authorise and organise the worst war crimes.” — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have to remember that literally within months after Castro's taking office the planes from Florida were beginning to bomb Cuba. Within… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Second World War had really devastating effects for much of Europe. It really didn't take them very long to reconstruct state… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's just no question that the United States was trying desperately to prevent the independence of South Vietnam and to prevent a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Government grew under [Ronald] Reagan. He was the strongest opponent of free markets in the post-war history among presidents. But it doesn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Peace is preferable to war. But it’s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, “What kind of peace? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“If you don't recognize your own crimes, there's no impediment to continuing them. There's a pretty dramatic example of that right at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Every predecessor has used mercenaries, often drawn from the country that they're attacking like England ran India with Indian mercenaries. You take… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our current prison state has the dual effect of getting rid of a superfluous population of basically unskilled workers (with a close… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The target of preventive war must have several characteristics. It must be virtually defenceless; it must be important enough to be worth… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The government of Rwanda, which is a US client, is intervening massively, and Uganda to an extent. It's almost an international war… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Iraq War is the first war in history, in which there were huge demonstrations before the war was launched, not beginning… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We don't use the term 'working class' here because it's a taboo term. You're supposed to say 'middle class,' because it helps… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Say the Pentagon Papers, - that material went much deeper. It went into internal government planning back for twenty - five years.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Today, aid to Colombia is given under the pretext of a drug war. That's pretty hard to take seriously. Ten years ago,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen… — 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
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