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After Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- 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…
- Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain…
- Naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk... It's as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes 'Jew' and 'Gypsy.'
- Nothing can justify crimes such as those of September 11, but we can think of the United States as an innocent victim only if we…
- There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist about the word…
- We still name our military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide. Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche. If the Luftwaffe named…
- If anybody thinks they should listen to me because I'm a professor at MIT, that's nonsense. You should decide whether something makes sense by its…
- Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very…
- The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And…
- In the early 1940s, as a young teenager, I was utterly appalled by the racist and jingoist hysteria of the anti-Japanese propaganda. The Germans were…
- 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…
- There is every likelihood that the Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined after 9/11.
- When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. After only a week, I began to…
More After Quotes
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes. — Dario Argento
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and… — Aristotle
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. — Arthur Ashe
- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I… — Chinua Achebe
- They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of… — Chinua Achebe
- A word after a word after a word is power. — Margaret Atwood
- Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences… — Margaret Atwood