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
Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the questions asked in that study was, How many Vietnamese casualties would you estimate that there were during the Vietnam… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed. — 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
What can one say about a country where a museum of science in a great city can feature an exhibit in which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Elements of the Christian fundamentalist right are one of the strongest components of "support for Israel" - support in an odd sense,… — 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
If you and I go into a store to rob it, and I say "shoot," that's not protected. Like all judicial decisions… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“A very, in a sense, terrifying aspect of our society, and other societies, is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the dangers [that Donald Trump poses, due to the augmented risk of nuclear war] is unquestionable. Of the two existential… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[Francisco Franco] said they should resort to guerrilla war. Which has a history in Spain. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Chomsky also reveals how neoliberalism is hardly a new thing, but merely the current version of the battle for the wealthy few… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think religion has often played a very positive role. Take western civilization, the Catholic Church has played an honorable role in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The point is that you have to work. And that's why the propaganda system is so successful. Very few people are going… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think - even the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Take the Iraq War,it's the second worst crime after the Second World War. It's the first time in history, in the history… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The U.S. directed the war against South Vietnam. There was a political settlement in 1954. But in the late '50's the United… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, there was a point, 1968, '69, when there was a very strong antiwar movement against the war in Vietnam.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Actually, the phrase "national security" is barely used until the 1930s. And there's a reason. By then, the United States was beginning… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It has been known for some time that a major nuclear war might lead to nuclear winter that would destroy the attacker… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Barron and Paul...rely on 'specialists' at the State and Defense Departments...Elsewhere in the media, similiar figures are bandied about, with equal credibility. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordinary… — 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