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Out Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but…
- 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…
- It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of the moon being…
- Remember, the U.S. is a powerful state, it's not like Libya. If Libya wants to carry out terrorist acts, they hire Carlos the Jackal or…
- Half the population hold that the government is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves, as polls regularly show.
- The threat of China is not military. The threat of China is they can't be intimidated. Europe you can intimidate. When the US tries to…
- The invasion of Iraq was simply a war crime. Straight-out war crime.
- Suppose that, say, China established military bases in Colombia to carry out chemical warfare in Kentucky and North Carolina to destroy this lethal crop [tobacco]…
- As for the various religions, there's no doubt that they are very meaningful to adherents, and allow them to delude themselves into thinking there is…
- 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…
- My own concern is primarily the terror and violence carried out by my own state... It is very easy to denounce the atrocities of someone…
- 'Reform' is a word you always aughta' watch out for. 'Reform' is a change that you're supposed to like. And watch it - As soon…
- Suppose that humans happen to be so constructed that they desire the opportunity for freely undertaken productive work. Suppose that they want to be free…
- I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge…
- The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for…
- The kind of work that should be the main part of life is the kind of work you would want to do if you weren't…
- The social system is taking on a form in which finding out what you want to do is less and less of an option because…
- Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place
- Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself.
- The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia…
- In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent…
- Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
- The level of destruction and terror and violence carried out by the powerful states far exceeds anything that can imaginably can be done by groups…
- My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out…
- Over the years, there have been a series of concepts developed to justify the use of force in international affairs for a long period. It…
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