Tag: Noam Chomsky
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In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It’s not like Egypt, where you’re going to get murdered by the security forces.
Noam Chomsky
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In the 1930s, unemployed working people could anticipate that their jobs would come back.
Noam Chomsky
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
Noam Chomsky
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The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that’s not their concern.
Noam Chomsky
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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.
Noam Chomsky
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
Noam Chomsky
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The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.
Noam Chomsky
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I 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 Chomsky
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There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
Noam Chomsky
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. 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.
Noam Chomsky