The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
NOAM CHOMSKYHistory shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe 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.
NOAM CHOMSKYI do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can’t explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
NOAM CHOMSKYIt 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 CHOMSKYBy and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
NOAM CHOMSKYA tremendous amount of the entrepreneurial initiative, if you want to call it that, comes from the dynamic state sector on which most of the economy relies to socialize costs and risks and privatize eventual profit. And that’s achieved by, if you like, advertising.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
NOAM CHOMSKYNicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
NOAM CHOMSKYYou never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
NOAM CHOMSKYPerhaps 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 CHOMSKYThere’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
NOAM CHOMSKY