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Noam Chomsky Quotes

Obama’s primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back. And they were. They were paid back by coming out richer and more powerful than they were before the crisis that they created Picture Quote #1

A financial institution has the task of taking risks, and if it’s a well run institution - say, Goldman Sachs - it tries to cover the potential losses to itself, but only to itself Picture Quote #1

Egypt is the second-largest recipient over a long period of U.S. military and economic aid. Israel is first Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place Picture Quote #1

The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg principles. They understand that sectarian violence and the other postwar horrors are contained within the supreme international crime committed by the invaders Picture Quote #1

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In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders Picture Quote #1

Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats... policies which choose expansion over security... policies which lead to their moral degradation, their isolation, their delegitimation, as they call it now, and very likely ultimate destruction. That’s not impossible Picture Quote #1

We should not want to permit providers, for example to have control over access Picture Quote #1

I also learned from reading the left-wing press about the [Franklin] Roosevelt administration’s indirect support for Francisco Franco, which was not well known, and still isn’t Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Technology provides means for expression and interchange and so on, so yes it should be free and open, but there are a lot of constraints on how its used Picture Quote #1

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It [the internet] should be publicly controlled but Washington is not a system of public control, it’s mainly a system of corporate control. We ought to have a free internet, but that means having a free society, and there is fundamental questions there Picture Quote #1

Free markets are based on the free circulation of labor. If you don’t have free circulation of labor, you don’t have free markets Picture Quote #1

Government grew under [Ronald] Reagan. He was the strongest opponent of free markets in the post-war history among presidents. But it doesn’t matter what the reality is; they concocted an image that you worship Picture Quote #1

As we [with Edward Herman] discuss there [in Manufacturing Consent] and elsewhere, recognition of the importance of manufacturing consent has become an ever more central theme in the more free societies Picture Quote #1

Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society Picture Quote #1

Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords are accessed and messages sent out under their name! I’m sure it’s illegal. It’s also an effort to undermine free speech Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Individuals in a university - students, faculty, staff - can choose to become politically engaged, and a free university should foster a climate in which those are natural choices Picture Quote #1

We should therefore be opposed to institutional barriers to that freedom: Military dictatorships, for example. Or states run by a Central Committee Picture Quote #1

My father was a great sympathizer of Ahad Ha’am. Every Friday night we would read Hebrew together, and often the reading was Ahad Ha’am’s essays Picture Quote #1

I don’t usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun of this ‘hopey changey stuff,’ she was right: there was nothing there Picture Quote #1

As the capacity to coerce declines, it is natural to turn to control of opinion as the basis for authority and domination - a fundamental principle of government already emphasized by David Hume Picture Quote #1

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Putting it in plain terms, the general public must be reduced to its traditional apathy and obedience, and driven from the arena of political debate and action, if democracy is to survive Picture Quote #1

The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant Picture Quote #1

I happen to agree with the anti - dictatorship policies, but I don’t think it’s the role of General Electric to support them or oppose them. They do of course, but I don’t agree with that Picture Quote #1

When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more Picture Quote #1

George Washington hated the guerrillas. He wanted to imitate the British red coat armies, fighting as gentlemen are supposed to fight Picture Quote #1

If you are giving a graduate course you don’t try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you Picture Quote #1

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Obama’s primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back. And they were. They were paid back by coming out richer and more powerful than they were before the crisis that they created. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) A financial institution has the task of taking risks, and if it’s a well run institution - say, Goldman Sachs - it tries to cover the potential losses to itself, but only to itself. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Egypt is the second-largest recipient over a long period of U.S. military and economic aid. Israel is first. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) 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. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place (Noam Chomsky Quotes) The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg principles. They understand that sectarian violence and the other postwar horrors are contained within the supreme international crime committed by the invaders. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats... policies which choose expansion over security... policies which lead to their moral degradation, their isolation, their delegitimation, as they call it now, and very likely ultimate destruction. That’s not impossible. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) We should not want to permit providers, for example to have control over access (Noam Chomsky Quotes) I also learned from reading the left-wing press about the [Franklin] Roosevelt administration’s indirect support for Francisco Franco, which was not well known, and still isn’t. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) 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 Quotes) Technology provides means for expression and interchange and so on, so yes it should be free and open, but there are a lot of constraints on how its used. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) It [the internet] should be publicly controlled but Washington is not a system of public control, it’s mainly a system of corporate control. We ought to have a free internet, but that means having a free society, and there is fundamental questions there. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Free markets are based on the free circulation of labor. If you don’t have free circulation of labor, you don’t have free markets. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Government grew under [Ronald] Reagan. He was the strongest opponent of free markets in the post-war history among presidents. But it doesn’t matter what the reality is; they concocted an image that you worship. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) As we [with Edward Herman] discuss there [in Manufacturing Consent] and elsewhere, recognition of the importance of manufacturing consent has become an ever more central theme in the more free societies. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords are accessed and messages sent out under their name! I’m sure it’s illegal. It’s also an effort to undermine free speech. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) 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. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Individuals in a university - students, faculty, staff - can choose to become politically engaged, and a free university should foster a climate in which those are natural choices. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) We should therefore be opposed to institutional barriers to that freedom: Military dictatorships, for example. Or states run by a Central Committee. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) My father was a great sympathizer of Ahad Ha’am. Every Friday night we would read Hebrew together, and often the reading was Ahad Ha’am’s essays. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) I don’t usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun of this ‘hopey changey stuff,’ she was right: there was nothing there. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) As the capacity to coerce declines, it is natural to turn to control of opinion as the basis for authority and domination - a fundamental principle of government already emphasized by David Hume. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) Putting it in plain terms, the general public must be reduced to its traditional apathy and obedience, and driven from the arena of political debate and action, if democracy is to survive. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) I happen to agree with the anti - dictatorship policies, but I don’t think it’s the role of General Electric to support them or oppose them. They do of course, but I don’t agree with that. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) George Washington hated the guerrillas. He wanted to imitate the British red coat armies, fighting as gentlemen are supposed to fight. (Noam Chomsky Quotes) If you are giving a graduate course you don’t try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you. (Noam Chomsky Quotes)

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