All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative institutions or of… Accidental
- The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct the thought of… Agency
- Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis… Bases
- The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know. Even Know
- One of the truths about the world is that there are two superpowers, one a huge power which happens to have its boot on your… Anyone
- I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a skeptical attitude toward… Ask
- The point of advertising is to destroy markets. Advertising
- Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy - their own population. Available
- One of the greatest dangers is secular religion - state worship. Danger
- As soon as one identifies, challenges and overcomes illegitimate power, he or she is an anarchist. Most people are anarchists. What they call themselves doesn’t… Analyze
- The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. We can, and should, engage in it to the extent we can and encourage others to… Coercive
- The more privilege you have, the more opportunity you have. The more opportunity you have, the more responsibility you have. Inspirational
- A captured pirate was brought before Alexander the Great. “How dare you molest the sea?” asked Alexander. “How dare you molest the whole world?” the… Alexander
- Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party. Any
- I mean, it’s true, nobody talks about them, but when you bring it up, the idea that you have to rent yourself to somebody and… Any
- The corporations plainly want academic scholarship to create a web of mystification that will avoid any public awareness of the way in which power actually… Academic
- The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them Aware
- Corporations are totalitarian institutions. Board of directors at the top of managers give orders, everyone follows orders..... At the very bottom of command, if you… Board
- Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to… Anyone
- The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective. Deep
- If something is repeated over and over as obvious, the chances are that it is obviously false. Chance
- A fundamental element of human nature is the need for creative work, for creative inquiry, for free creation without the arbitrary limiting effects of coercive… Arbitrary
- Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you are… Always Throughout
- He who controls the media controls the minds of the public. Controls
- The goal is a society in which the basic social unit is you and your television set. If the kid next door is hungry, it’s… Assets