In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the early 1940s, as a young teenager, I was utterly appalled by the racist and jingoist hysteria of the anti-Japanese propaganda.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There were plenty of other hominids, but they disappeared, probably because humans exterminated them, but nobody knows for sure. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
By 1960, the South Africans knew that they were becoming a pariah state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There was unprecedented elite condemnation of the plans to invade Iraq. Sensible analysts were able to perceive that the enterprise carried significant… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the… — 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
Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If humans were totally unstructured creatures, they would be... a tool which can properly be shaped by outside forces. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have never really thought that the Left was much in 'array' as far as political purposes were concerned. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You go back to the 17th century, the commercial and industrial centers of the world were China and India. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Obama's primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In 1993, Israel and North Korea were moving towards an agreement in which North Korea would stop sending any missiles or military… — 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