All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- There is no western concern for issues of aggression, atrocities, human rights abuses and so on if there's a profit to be made from them Abuse
- You can’t have meaningful political democracy without functioning economic democracy. Democracy
- 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. Agencies
- The best defense against democracy is to distract people. Best
- If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal. Actually Change
- That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital. Angry
- If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship Control
- Labor #‎ Unions are the leading force for #‎ democratization and #‎ progress . Democratization
- Capitalism’s concept of competitive man who seeks only to maximize wealth and power, who subjects himself to market relationships, to exploitation and external authority, is… Anti
- On abortion: We are talking about ambiguous issues of a complicated kind where you have to balance conflicting interests and concerns. Abortion
- 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