All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- It's not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures- it's inevitable. But unless the process that is… Barriers
- Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky Ability
- It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions… Corporation
- If anybody thinks they should listen to me because I'm a professor at MIT, that's nonsense. You should decide whether something makes sense by its… Anybody
- Karl Marx said, “The task is not just to understand the world but to change it.” A variant to keep in mind is that if… All
- People who call themselves supporters of Israel are actually supporters of its moral degeneration and ultimate destruction. Call
- ...if you ask me whether or not I'm an atheist, I wouldn't even answer. I would first want an explanation of what it is that… Answer
- Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt,… Acquire
- If you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope. Assume
- Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They're designed to organize a community to be committed to their gladiators. Attitude
- What is called 'capitalism'is basically a system of corporate mercantilism, with huge and largely unaccountable private tyrannies exercising vast control over the economy, political systems,… Called
- The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is in a sense… American
- Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself. Brain
- You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated and controlled by a subtle propaganda system - a private system… Analysis
- I mean, what's the elections? You know, two guys, same background, wealth, political influence, went to the same elite university, joined the same secret society… Background
- There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be… Benefits
- I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR. Appear
- If you do a Google search, you will probably read a lot of stuff about how I am someone who wants to kill all the… All
- The Internet has compromised the quality of debate. Compromised
- The Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second is to maintain… Bank
- Everyone knows that when you look at a television ad, you do not expect to get information. You expect to see delusion and imagery. Ad
- The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia… Alone
- If you could take a subway from the suburbs in Boston, where I live, to downtown in 10 minutes, that improves your life over sitting… Boston
- Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment. Environment
- I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their… Able