--- title: "13 1960s Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "13 1960s quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more 1960s sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_democracy-was-regarded-as-entering-into_1874645.jpg" --- > [Democracy was regarded as entering into a crisis in the 1960s. The crisis was that large segments of the population were becoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/democracy-was-regarded-as-entering-into-a-crisis-in-the-1960s-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_democracy-was-regarded-as-entering-into_1874645.jpg) > [After all, the internet originated around 1960 and wasn't privatized until 1995. That's thirty five years in the public domain during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/after-all-the-internet-originated-around-1960-and-wasn-t-privatized/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_after-all-the-internet-originated-around_832202.jpg) > [In the 1960s, there was a point, 1968, '69, when there was a very strong antiwar movement against the war in Vietnam.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-1960s-there-was-a-point-1968-69-when-there-was-a-very-strong/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_in-the-1960s-there-was-a-point-1968-69-w_2867639.jpg) > [In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-1960s-the-masses-were-supposed-to-be-passive-not-entering/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_in-the-late-1960s-the-masses-were-suppos_399716.jpg) > [If you take a look at places like Harvard, it's striking. In the early ,50s, I think there were a handful of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-take-a-look-at-places-like-harvard-it-s-striking-in-the-early/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_if-you-take-a-look-at-places-like-harvar_1782029.jpg) > [It's kind of interesting and sick that the intellectual culture called the 1960s, "time of troubles," a dangerous period in which a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-kind-of-interesting-and-sick-that-the-intellectual-culture/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_it-s-kind-of-interesting-and-sick-that-t_623813.jpg) > [It was right after Woodrow Wilson's first serious post-World War I repression, which deported thousands of people, effectively destroyed unions and independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-was-right-after-woodrow-wilson-s-first-serious-post-world-war-i/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_it-was-right-after-woodrow-wilson-s-firs_93111.jpg) > [My feeling is that the Supreme Court reached a reasonable standard of protection of speech in the 1960s, a standard higher than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/my-feeling-is-that-the-supreme-court-reached-a-reasonable-standard-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_my-feeling-is-that-the-supreme-court-rea_1965582.jpg) > [I think the activism of the 1960s had a very definite civilizing effect on the whole society in all kinds of ways.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-the-activism-of-the-1960s-had-a-very-definite-civilizing/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_i-think-the-activism-of-the-1960s-had-a_1861013.jpg) > [During the 1960s, large groups of people who are normally passive and apathetic began to try to enter the political arena to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/during-the-1960s-large-groups-of-people-who-are-normally-passive-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_during-the-1960s-large-groups-of-people_759953.jpg) > [Take the US. Women were not even able to vote until 90 ago, at about the same time they gained the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/take-the-us-women-were-not-even-able-to-vote-until-90-ago-at-about/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_take-the-us-women-were-not-even-able-to_138726.jpg) > [In the 1960s, various parts of the population became energized and began to enter the public arena to call for the rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-1960s-various-parts-of-the-population-became-energized-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_in-the-1960s-various-parts-of-the-popula_1617909.jpg) > [If you look at US internal documents, they explain very clearly what the threat of Cuba was. So, back in the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-look-at-us-internal-documents-they-explain-very-clearly-what/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_if-you-look-at-us-internal-documents-the_2980497.jpg) ## Other authors on 1960s ## More by Noam Chomsky > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-costs-of-the-bush-obama-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-are-now/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-believe-in-democracy-why-shouldn-t-you-know-what-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-a-shameful-moment-for-u-s-media-when-it-insists-on-being/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-questions-as-to-whether-it-should-even-exist-who-should/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/governments-regard-their-own-citizens-as-their-main-enemy-and-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-join-the-new-atheists-so-for-example-i-wouldn-t-have-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-thing-you-ought-to-do-is-verify-what-i-present-just-because/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [ I wrote an article about the marine landing \[in Haiti\] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-wrote-an-article-about-the-marine-landing-in-haiti-right-away-but/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/american-society-is-now-remarkably-atomized-political-organizations/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/discovery-is-the-ability-to-be-puzzled-by-simple-things-noam-chomsky/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-an-interesting-book-about-that-called-the-third-reich-and-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/this-is-class-war-on-an-international-scale-and-power-is-in-the-hands/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-big-extremely-irrational-parts-of-the-society-and-they-have/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-plenty-to-criticize-about-the-mass-media-but-they-are-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [The 50,000 Korean mercenaries we had in Vietnam were professional killers and just massacred people outright. And the American army did plenty of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-50-000-korean-mercenaries-we-had-in-vietnam-were-professional/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1960s/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "13 1960s Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Democracy was regarded as entering into a crisis in the 1960s. 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So lots of things that by now are almost taken for granted were heretical in the 1960s. 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The sophisticated understand that that's the crisis of democracy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/during-the-1960s-large-groups-of-people-who-are-normally-passive-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_during-the-1960s-large-groups-of-people_759953.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_during-the-1960s-large-groups-of-people_759953.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_during-the-1960s-large-groups-of-people_759953.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“During the 1960s, large groups of people who are normally passive and apathetic began to try to enter the…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Take the US. Women were not even able to vote until 90 ago, at about the same time they gained the right in Afghanistan. Rights of former slaves were very limited until the 1960s, and in some ways still are. In these and other domains there has been progress in democracy, though still seriously flawed. In other dimensions - the control of concentrated wealth over the political process, for example, things have gotten much worse in recent years. And there is much more, in both directions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/take-the-us-women-were-not-even-able-to-vote-until-90-ago-at-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_take-the-us-women-were-not-even-able-to_138726.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_take-the-us-women-were-not-even-able-to_138726.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_take-the-us-women-were-not-even-able-to_138726.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Take the US. 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And they said that puts too much pressure on the state and therefore we have to have more moderation in democracy and they should go back and be quiet and obedient.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-1960s-various-parts-of-the-population-became-energized-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_in-the-1960s-various-parts-of-the-popula_1617909.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_in-the-1960s-various-parts-of-the-popula_1617909.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/noam-chomsky-42_1960s_in-the-1960s-various-parts-of-the-popula_1617909.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the 1960s, various parts of the population became energized and began to enter the public arena to call…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you look at US internal documents, they explain very clearly what the threat of Cuba was. 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