All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite… American
- The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power. Anti
- When I was a college student and I got interested in linguistics the concern among students was, this is a lot of fun, but after… Among
- What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it. Called
- We can imagine a society in which no one could survive as a social being because it does not correspond to biologically determined perceptions and… Biologically
- It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick. Better
- There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism. Committed
- Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it,… Affects
- Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people can organize to… Active
- If you go to one demonstration and then go home, that's something, but the people in power can live with that. What they can't live… Better
- Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled. Advertising
- From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It is also unusual… Comparative
- For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade. Adherence
- The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas,… Arena
- The fact that all normal children acquire essentially comparable grammars of great complexity with remarkable rapidity suggests that human beings are somehow specially designed to… Ability
- Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a population that has… Air
- The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go into the elegant… Apartment
- There was no direct way to prevent the Boston murders. There are some easy ways to prevent likely future ones: by not inciting them. That's… Another Case
- Why does everyone take for granted that we don't learn to grow arms, but rather, are designed to grow arms? Similarly, we should conclude that… Applicability
- The truth of the matter is that about 99 percent of teaching is making the students feel interestedin the material. Then the other 1 percent… Education
- As any good teacher knows, the methods of instruction and the range of material covered are matters of small importance as compared with the success… Any
- We should not be speaking to, but with. That is second nature to any good teacher. Any
- Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. Autocratic
- Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by… Based
- The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful, kick everybody else… Administration