As long as people are marginalized and distracted [they] have no way to organize or articulate their sentiments, or even know that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
South America goes its own way dramatically in international affairs. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In a society that has very high concentration of capital in a narrow sector of the population, that's going to influence everything… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
At the beginning of his administration, Reagan tried set the basis for American military intervention in El Salvador - which is about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Luckily for [Barack] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal [to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons] which he quickly… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Republican Party has pretty much abandoned any pretense of being a traditional political party. It's in lockstep obedience to the very… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There was no direct way to prevent the Boston murders. There are some easy ways to prevent likely future ones: by not… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When secular figures are turned into divinities, they way they are in Peian Yang or Stanford University - that I don't like. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I should say that Canada is one of the major criminals, not just the tar sands and so on, but even mining… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you look at history, even recent history, you see that there is indeed progress. . . . Over time, the cycle… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Of course, we [ with Edward Herman] have a purpose: namely, to encourage readers to undertake what might be called "a course… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Its minority rule and majority limited rights. In fact it's set up that way. If you read the framers of the constitution,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You keep plugging away--that's the way social change takes place. That's the way every social change in history has taken place: by… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Latin America wants to decriminalize at least marijuana (maybe more or course;) the US wants to maintain it. An interesting story. There… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
NAFTA was much more popular among US corporations than GATT, because NAFTA is highly protectionist in ways that GATT is not. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Not being optimistic falls a long way short of predicting that all is finished. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In Western Europe, Turkey is regarded as uncivilized, so they can't come in into the European Union until they're civilized. I think… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There could be an independent labor-based party, which might over time become an important force the way the Labor Party did in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you are working 50 hours a week in a factory, you don't have time to read 10 newspapers a day and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We do not for example say that the person has a perfect knowledge of some language L similar to English but still… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history.… — 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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