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Noam Chomsky Quotes

Noam Chomsky quotes

American Activist December 7, 1928 – April 17, 2017

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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "People tend to rally around power."
People tend to rally around power. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere."
I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative..."
Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry? Noam Chomsky
The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people killed by all weapons of mass destruction in all of history. Noam Chomsky
Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been calling for a two-state settlement in accord with the international consensus'—blocked for over 30 years by the US and Israel. All true, but not a useful contribution to the Party Line, hence dispensable. Noam Chomsky
In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on. Noam Chomsky
When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has. Noam Chomsky
Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists. Noam Chomsky
The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email! Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "Governments don't control people like they used to."
Governments don't control people like they used to. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a..."
How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war..."
Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other..."
Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky quote: "Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon..."
Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs. Noam Chomsky

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