Noam Chomsky Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Noam Chomsky quotes, Noam Chomsky sayings, and Noam Chomsky proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

We're human beings; we're not robots. And face-to-face contact is something totally different than typing a text message and then forgetting about it. Noam Chomsky
It's dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy. Noam Chomsky
Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower. Noam Chomsky
You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption. Noam Chomsky
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know. Noam Chomsky
It is reported that about 30% of the world's population is unemployed. That's worse than the Great Depression, but it's now an international phenomenon. Noam Chomsky
The best defense against democracy is to distract people. Noam Chomsky
The first commitment is raise your salary. One of the ways to raise your salary sometimes is to have short-term profits but there are many other ways. Noam Chomsky
The more privilege you have, the more opportunity you have. The more opportunity you have, the more responsibility you have. Noam Chomsky
Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony. Noam Chomsky
The reason academic disputes are so vicious is that so little is at stake. Noam Chomsky
In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine. Noam Chomsky
There is a social responsibility to take care of vulnerable people. It seems that a sensible social responsibility is obligatory education, but also decent education, and that is not happening. Noam Chomsky
You keep plugging away--that's the way social change takes place. That's the way every social change in history has taken place: by a lot of people, who nobody ever heard of, doing work. Noam Chomsky
There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment. Noam Chomsky
Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative. Noam Chomsky
If something is repeated over and over as obvious, the chances are that it is obviously false. Noam Chomsky
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. Noam Chomsky
Industrial production of meat makes a huge contribution to global warming. Noam Chomsky
There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't duplicate that on blogs. Noam Chomsky
The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace. It is their function to amuse, entertain, and inform, and to inculcate individuals with the values, beliefs, and codes of behavior that will integrate them into the institutional structures of the larger society. In a world of concentrated wealth and major conflicts of class interest, to fulfil this role requires systematic propaganda. Noam Chomsky
You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions. Noam Chomsky
Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That's what the Bill of Rights is about, for example. Noam Chomsky
It is quite possible--overwhelmingly probable, one might guess--that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology. Noam Chomsky
The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history. Noam Chomsky
Sea level rise and destruction of water resources as glaciers melt alone may have horrendous human consequences. Noam Chomsky
If you take an economics or a political science course, you're taught that humans are supposed to be rational wealth accumulators, each acting as an individual to maximize his own wealth in the market. Noam Chomsky
I like the cold weather. It means you get work done. Noam Chomsky
You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption. Noam Chomsky
The Internet is an élite organization; most of the population of the world has never even made a phone call. Noam Chomsky