Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
NOAM CHOMSKYOnce the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
-
-
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa’s major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
NOAM CHOMSKY