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Noam Chomsky Quotes - Page 40

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When Reagan left office, he was the most unpopular living president, apart from Nixon, even below Carter. If you look at his years in office, he was not particularly popular. He was more or less average. He severely

When Reagan left office, he was the most unpopular living president, apart from Nixon, even below Carter. If you look at his years in office, he was not particularly popular. He was more or less average. He severely harmed the American economy.

Average, Years, Office

A 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.

Risk, Cost, Want

"Noam Chomsky on Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Haiti, Democracy in Latin America and the Israeli Elections". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, www.democracynow.org. April 03, 2006.

Surely few if any readers have come across the sentence they are now reading, and someone who had by chance heard or seen it could not possibly remember such a fact.

Reading, Facts, Chance

Noam Chomsky (1988). “Language and Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lectures”, p.25, MIT Press

In some respects, South African apartheid was more vicious than Israeli practices, and in some respects the opposite is true.

Opposites, Practice, Vicious

"On the Future of Israel and Palestine". Interview with Frank Barat, chomsky.info. June 6, 2008.

Independence of mind, enthusiasm, dedication to the field, and willingness to challenge and question and to explore new direction. There are plenty of people like that, but schools tend to discourage those characteristics.

School, Dedication, People

The Republican and Democratic Parties are only factions of the Government Party.

Party, Government, Republican

It's not a free trade agreement. It has virtually nothing to do with free trade... It's a protectionist agreement; it's anti free-trade.

Agreement, Trade, Free Trade

Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and - together with other criminal states - for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.

Honesty, Military, Together

"How can America get out of Iraq?" by Noam Chomsky, Jonathan Schell, Howard Zinn, William Polk, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2004.

The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.

Military, Doe, Target

Noam Chomsky (2010). “The Chomsky Reader”, p.272, Pantheon

Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war.

Military, War, Support

Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: 'What is the scientific status of the claims?' 'What social or ideological needs do they serve?'

Two, Needs, Racist

Noam Chomsky (2003). “For Reasons Of State”, p.318, Penguin Books India

The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that.

Government, Population, Danger

"Noam Chomsky: Talking About Iran Sanctions Is ‘Surreal’" by Andrew Perez, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 23, 2014.

There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.

Criticism, Body, Information

Noam Chomsky (2010). “The Chomsky Reader”, p.67, Pantheon

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.

Block, Years, People

"Noam Chomsky on Civil Rights, Obama, Latin America, and the History of the U.S. in the Middle East". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 17, 2011.

When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. After only a week, I began to have a sense of the appeal of the country and its people - along with despair about its future.

Country, People, Choices

Noam Chomsky (2004). “At War with Asia”, p.194, AK Press

Palestinians have no wealth or power.

Wealth, Palestinian

Noam Chomsky (2016). “Who Rules the World?”, p.75, Metropolitan Books

The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place.

Military, United States, Action

"Chomsky: Instead of “Illegal” Threat to Syria, U.S. Should Back Chemical Weapons Ban in All Nations". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 11, 2013.

One of the most interesting reactions to come out of 1968 was in the first publication of the Trilateral Commission, which believed there was a 'crisis of democracy' from too much participation of the masses.

Interesting, Democracy, Too Much

"Noam Chomsky on 1968". www.newstatesman.com. May 8, 2008.

The neo-cons constitute a radical reactionary fringe of the planning spectrum, but the spectrum is narrow.

Planning, Fringe, Radical

There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - 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.

Acceptance, Government, Rejection

It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.

Diversity, Liberty, Needs

Noam Chomsky (2003). “For Reasons Of State”, p.376, Penguin Books India

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

Growing Up, Growing

"Question time". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2004.

The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

Government, Israel, World

"Noam Chomsky barred by Israelis from lecturing in Palestinian West Bank" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2010.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

Country, Freedom Of Speech, United States

"'The United States Has Essentially a One-Party System'". Interview with Gabor Steingart, www.spiegel.de. October 10, 2008.

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.

Growth, Quality, Gone

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