There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe term ‘globalisation’ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
NOAM CHOMSKYI don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
NOAM CHOMSKYColorless green ideas sleep furiously.
NOAM CHOMSKYEven the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
NOAM CHOMSKYFrance had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
NOAM CHOMSKYFor a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
NOAM CHOMSKYYou have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
NOAM CHOMSKYStates are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
NOAM CHOMSKY