Noam Chomsky quotes - page 14

A lot of the people who call themselves Left I would regard as proto-fascists. (Noam Chomsky)
What can one say about a country where a museum of science in a great city can feature an exhibit in which people fire machine guns from a helicopter at Vietnamese huts, with a light flashing when a hit is scored? What can one say about a country where such an idea can even be considered? You have to weep for this country. [...] To me it seems that what is needed is a kind of denazification. View quote
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Now, under the very confused circumstances of KAL 007, if that was the worst atrocity in human history, well, what about the freedom fighters that we support along with South Africa, who did something much worse? View quote
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Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order. View quote
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As the most powerful state, the U.S. makes its own laws, using force and conducting economic warfare at will. It also threatens sanctions against countries that do not abide by its conveniently flexible notions of "free trade." View quote
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Review by Noam Chomsky: That the Obama phenomenon is of considerable significance in American social and political history should hardly be in doubt. But what exactly is it, and where might it lead? This lucid and penetrating book situates it firmly within the ‘corporate-dominated and militaristic U.S. elections system and political culture,' explores in depth its substantive content and its limits, and draws valuable lessons about how these might be transcended in the unending struggle to achieve a more just and free society and a peaceful world. It is a very welcome contribution in complex and troubled times. View quote
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I didn't pay my taxes for years. View quote
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It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided. View quote
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category. View quote
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The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education is free. France, education is free. View quote
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There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be dismantled. Efforts against the U.S. Postal Service are particularly surreal. (Noam Chomsky)
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia - that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone. View quote
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The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect. View quote
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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. View quote
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Greece has been, in many ways, a partially dysfunctional society. For example, the wealthy barely pay taxes... to an extent, that's true elsewhere, including the United States, but it's been pretty extreme in Greece. View quote
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Control is the source of strategic power. View quote
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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another. View quote
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In the early 1940s, as a young teenager, I was utterly appalled by the racist and jingoist hysteria of the anti-Japanese propaganda. The Germans were evil, but treated with some respect: They were, after all, blond Aryan types, just like our imaginary self-image. Japanese were mere vermin, to be crushed like ants. View quote
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Governments don't control people like they used to. View quote
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Public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic. View quote
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American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to total disaster. (Noam Chomsky)
Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential. View quote
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There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment. View quote
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Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment. View quote
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The neo-cons constitute a radical reactionary fringe of the planning spectrum, but the spectrum is narrow. View quote
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