The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire... Noam Chomsky More Quotes by Noam Chomsky More Quotes From Noam Chomsky For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. Noam Chomsky crimepoliticalpowerful One of the greatest dangers is secular religion - state worship. Noam Chomsky statesworshipdanger I suppose frogs pay no attention to being frogs. They take it for granted. What interests a frog are differences among frogs. From our point of view they are more or less the same, from their point of view they are all radically different. Noam Chomsky differencesdifferentviews I mean, it’s true, nobody talks about them, but when you bring it up, the idea that you have to rent yourself to somebody and follow their orders, and that they own and you work there, and you built it but you don’t own it, that’s a highly unnatural notion. You don’t have to study any complicated theories to see that this is an attack on human dignity. Noam Chomsky respectworkmean Hillary Clinton was the one pressing the hardest for bombing, and look at what happened. They not only destroyed the country, but Libya has become the center for jihad all over Africa and the Middle East. It's a total disaster in every respect, but it does not matter. Look at the so-called global war on terror. Noam Chomsky warcountrylooks People are capable of seeing the deceit they're ensnared in. They just have to make the effort. Noam Chomsky deceiteffortpeople The United States is absolutely the most dangerous country in the world. Noam Chomsky united-statescountryworld The leading student of business propaganda, Australian social scientist Alex Carey, argues persuasively that “the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. Noam Chomsky australia-daydemocracies-havemean The best defense against democracy is to distract people. Noam Chomsky democracydefensepeople Growth is a funny sort of concept. For example, our GNP increases every time we build a prison. Well, okay, it's growth in a sense. Noam Chomsky growthprisonexample Technology is basically neutral. It's kind of like a hammer. The hammer doesn't care whether you use it to build a house, or whether a torturer uses it to crush somebody's skull. Noam Chomsky crushskullstechnology I don't bother writing about Fox News. It is too easy. What I talk about are the liberal intellectuals, the ones who portray themselves and perceive themselves as challenging power, as courageous, as standing up for truth and justice. They are basically the guardians of the faith. They set the limits. They tell us how far we can go. They say, 'Look how courageous I am.' But do not go one millimeter beyond that. At least for the educated sectors, they are the most dangerous in supporting power. Noam Chomsky challengesjusticewriting Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place Noam Chomsky rascalsvotefirsts That was the reason why very few people fleeing the rise of fascism in Europe, especially in Germany, could get to the United States. And there were famous incidents like with the MS Saint Louis, which brought a lot of immigrants, mostly Jewish, from Europe. It reached Cuba, with people expecting to be admitted to the United States from there. But the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt wouldn't allow them in and they had to go back to Europe where many of them died in concentration camps. Noam Chomsky fleeingeuropepeople It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. Noam Chomsky agencymediamoments That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Noam Chomsky propagandawantmean Donald Trump and Sean Spicer do one thing after another to keep the media attention focused on them. And it works. These legislative achievements are being made which are chipping away at anything the government has that's of any use to anybody. Paul Ryan, I think, is the most dangerous guy in the government. He knows what he's doing. And it's very systematic. I presume he's behind the cabinet appointments, but it's pretty amazing that every single cabinet appointment is somebody devoted to destroying that part of government. Noam Chomsky achievementguythinking The worst drug of all by far is tobacco; the death toll from tobacco is just overwhelming. Noam Chomsky tollsworstdrug The free market is 'socialism' for the rich: the public pays the costs and the rich get the benefit - markets for the poor and plenty of state protection for the rich. Noam Chomsky benefitscostpay You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated and controlled by a subtle propaganda system - a private system including media, intellectual opinion forming magazines and the participation of the most highly educated sections of the population. Such people ought to be referred to as "Commissars - for that is what their essential function is - to set up and maintain a system of doctrines and beliefs which will undermine independent thought and prevent a proper understanding and analysis of national and global institutions, issues, and policies". Noam Chomsky issuesindependenttruth
