The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction – that is, the hatred and the anger.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he’s regarded as the dean of Cold War scholarship.
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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
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Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
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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.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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