They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
NOAM CHOMSKYBut China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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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.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal – hardly inspiring – standards of political conduct.
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The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
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The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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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.
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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 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.
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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
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