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Population 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…
- You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
- 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…
- 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…
- Half the population hold that the government is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves, as polls regularly show.
- Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God doing this and…
- I think we can be reasonably confident that if the American population had the slightest idea of what is being done in their name, they…
- When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier…
- 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…
- The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.
- Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy - their own population.
- In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid. The South African Nationalists needed the black population. That was their workforce.…
- Our current prison state has the dual effect of getting rid of a superfluous population of basically unskilled workers (with a close race-class correlation), and…
- If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship
- The Internet is an élite organization; most of the population of the world has never even made a phone call.
- The media are a corporate monopoly. They have the same point of view. The two parties are two factions of the business party. Most of…
- It is ... necessary to whip up the population in support of foreign adventures. Usually the population is pacifist, just like they were during the…
- Democracy was regarded as entering into a crisis in the 1960s. The crisis was that large segments of the population were becoming organized and active…
- If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas for people in…
- You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated and controlled by a subtle propaganda system - a private system…
- There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be…
- Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.
- The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that.
- WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor.
- The doctrine that everything is fine as long as the population is quiet, that applies in the Middle East, applies in Central America, it applies…
More Population Quotes
- All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever… — David Attenborough
- I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed… — David Attenborough
- It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to… — David Attenborough
- Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. — Alvin Adams
- As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs… — Cleveland Abbe
- The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it. — Mario Batali
- Job growth well in excess of population increase would be a very good thing if it were only that easy. — Bob Beauprez
- Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month. — Bob Beauprez
- Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created. — Bob Beauprez
- President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the… — Bob Beauprez
- Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as… — Pope Benedict XVI
- As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down… — Benazir Bhutto