All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential. Influential
- Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous. Come Together
- Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against. America
- As a research tool, the internet is invaluable. Inspirational
- Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature. Certain
- I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable. Allowing
- In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category. America
- In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine. Academic
- My proposal happens to be very mainstream. Happens
- Now financial liberalization is just a catastrophe waiting to happen, and there are very well understood reasons for that. Catastrophe
- The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the… Categories
- In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a… Any
- Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. Among
- Governments don't control people like they used to. Control
- I don't like the intellectual label. Inspirational
- Markets have built in inefficiencies, serious inefficiencies which are well known. Built
- State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome. Aspect
- In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities,… Arms
- I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at… Age
- The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph… Ability
- In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of… Africa
- Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy. Assault
- The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit,… Certain
- It's perfectly obvious that there is some genetic factor that distinguishes humans from other animals and that it is language-specific. The theory of that genetic… Animal
- Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences… America