All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It recognizes that the public will not support the actual policies.… Actual
- If we move toward the weaponisation of space, we can bid farewell to the planet. The chances of survival are very slight. Bid
- In some ways, [the student anti-sweatshop movement] is like the anti-apartheid movement, except that in this case its striking at the core of the relations… Anti
- Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety, as long as… Attitude
- Efforts can succeed over time, and not trying ensures that the worst will happen. Effort
- The Internet is an élite organization; most of the population of the world has never even made a phone call. Call
- Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal Criminal
- People have to be atomized and segregated and alone. They're not supposed to organize, because then they might be something beyond spectators of action. They… Action
- The media are a corporate monopoly. They have the same point of view. The two parties are two factions of the business party. Most of… Bother
- It is ... necessary to whip up the population in support of foreign adventures. Usually the population is pacifist, just like they were during the… Adventure
- Democracy was regarded as entering into a crisis in the 1960s. The crisis was that large segments of the population were becoming organized and active… Active
- In the years of the Reagan-Bush administration alone, about 1.5 million people were killed by South Africa just in the surrounding countries. Forget what was… Administration
- Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves. Accept
- People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those… Able
- Moral cowardice and intellectual corruption are the natural concomitants of unchallenged privilege. Concomitants
- The people of the Third World need our sympathetic understanding and, much more than that, they need our help. We can provide them with a… Brutality
- Suppose that humans happen to be so constructed that they desire the opportunity for freely undertaken productive work. Suppose that they want to be free… Anyone
- Religion is based on the idea that God is an imbecile. Based
- Ontological questions are generally beside the point, hardly more than a form of harassment. Beside
- What's the point of being better than someone else? Better
- The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The general public are… Basic
- All public resources go to the rich. The poor, if they can survive in the labor market, fine. Otherwise, they die. That's economics in a… All
- ...as long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their role… Ancillary
- These are questions for action, not speculation, which is idle. Action
- ...the mass media. What are they? They're huge corporations, massive corporations, linked up with even bigger corporations. They sell audiences to other businesses, namely advertisers.… Advertisers