1,450 Quotes by Noam Chomsky

The people who live on the land – Israelis and Palestinians – have a right to live in security and peace.

One of the greatest dangers is secular religion – state worship.

It’s quite extraordinary to hear a supposedly learned person call the United States a leading terrorist nation, one of the leading terrorist nations in the world. It’s false and very treacherous teaching.

I think there was an overemphasis in the early stage on militarization rather than directly providing relief. I don’t think it has any long-term significance.

I have trouble reading modern Hebrew. In the 1950s, I could read anything. I don’t know how much experience you’ve had with contemporary Hebrew. It’s quite difficult.

Education is not for profit. If you’re not in education for profit, it’s not going to be a fair critique for education.

I don’t say you’re self-censoring – I’m sure you believe everything you’re saying; but what I’m saying is, if you believed something different, you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting.

It’s very hard to look in the mirror. We all know this. It’s much easier to have illusions about yourself. And in particular, when you think, well, I’m going to believe what I like, but I’ll say what the powerful want, you do that over time, and you believe what you say.

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.