1,450 Quotes by Noam Chomsky

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.

A woman was the property of her father or her husband and that remained true right into the twentieth century. It wasn't until 1975 that women had a guaranteed right to serve on federal juries.

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

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

My grandchildren are on social media all the time, and they think they have friends. But it's not what I would've called a friend, ever.

If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more than elsewhere, there's layer after layer of management - a kind of economic waste, but useful for control and domination. And the same is true in universities.

Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative.

If humans were totally unstructured creatures, they would be... a tool which can properly be shaped by outside forces.

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.