black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.

Noam Chomsky

If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Favour Fundamental Good Moral People Policy Reason Reform Stability Whatever
In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Bail Case Environment No One Out
When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Between Corporation Distinguish Individual Institution Look Owner Slave
If workers are more insecure, that’s very ‘healthy’ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations’ economic health.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Age Ask Benefit Economic Health Insecure More Society Worker
The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Cash Cow Media Money Politics
It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Dangerous Give People Privacy Will
The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control – ‘indoctrination’, we might say – exercised through the mass media.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Among Control Democrat Ensure Industrial Nation System United
I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Bomb Chungking Country No On People Position Relative Scale Stand Took
In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Action Atrocity Chosen Country Court Escalate Violence
The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Childcare Credit Make Sense Some Tax
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Citizen Enemy Government Man Own Protect Regard Themselves
The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Big Extremist Gave Invasion Particular Shot
Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Concentration Employment High Increase Legislation Political Power Rise Wealth Yield
There’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction – that is, the hatred and the anger.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Anger Country Dislike Dissatisfaction Hatred Poil Repeat
The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Concern General Inequality Issue Outstanding Policy Poll Probably Public Rose Sharp Show Significant
It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Contempt Course Court Evidence Existence Follow Highest International Justice Obligation Receive

In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Noam Chomsky Quotes