All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society. Been
- The money in politics is a cash cow for the media. Cash
- It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else. Action
- American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898. American
- There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then… Apparently
- In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes instantly, with approval. Approval
- Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a… Absence
- The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide. Appropriate
- Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke violence in response,… American
- As Bromberger observed, rules are understood to be elements of the computational systems that determine the sound and meaning of the infinite array of expressions… Accessed
- Dr. Karel Culik is an outstanding applied mathematician, a specialist in algebra, logic, computer sciences and mathematical linguistics. In 1965, he visited the linguistics research… Algebra
- Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at… Accomplices
- Reviewing the record of American intervention in Indochina in the Pentagon Papers, one cannot fail to be struck by the continuity of basic assumptions from… Administration
- The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents. Amendment
- There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense. Defense
- The U.S. has strategic and economic interests in Southeast Asia that must be secured. Holding Indochina is essential to securing these interests. Therefore, we must… Asia
- The social and physical construction of suburban America really was quite complex. It was a very elaborate system, and clearly a massive social engineering project… America
- The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system -… Air
- In the United States, one of the main topics of academic political science is the study of attitudes and policy and their correlation. The study… Academic
- The first democratic revolution was England in the 1640s. Democratic
- On October 15, 1965, an estimated 70,000 people took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations. Anti
- Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized,… Bombing
- Withdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act in the first… Act
- Free institutions certainly exist, but a tradition of passivity and conformism restricts their use - a cynic might say that this is why they continue… Certainly Exist
- To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and… Aggression