All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- Undoubtedly, the U.S. harbors leading international terrorists, people described by the F.B.I. and the Justice Department as leading terrorists, like Orlando Bosch, now Posada Carriles,… Bosch
- What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded. The… Abounded
- In 1993, Israel and North Korea were moving towards an agreement in which North Korea would stop sending any missiles or military technology to the… Agreement
- In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining. Capacity
- Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the legality of the… Act
- I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to. Attention
- The first scholarly edition of Magna Carta was published by the eminent jurist William Blackstone. It was not an easy task. There was no good… Available
- The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of how they are… Brought
- Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion and… Attitudes
- In the 1930s, unemployed working people could anticipate that their jobs would come back. Anticipate
- Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused funds from your… Account
- The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history. American
- Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle. Accelerates
- If you get to a point where the existing institutions will not bend to the popular will, you have to eliminate the institutions. Bend
- The western mantra is that Israel seeks negotiations without preconditions, while the Palestinians refuse. The opposite is more accurate. Accurate
- Palestinians have no wealth or power. Palestinians
- When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had at last won… American
- Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it. Capacity
- American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to total disaster. American
- From the 1970s, there has been a significant change in the U.S. economy, as planners, private and state, shifted it toward financialization and the offshoring… Been