Free institutions certainly exist, but a tradition of passivity and conformism restricts their use - a cynic might say that this is why they continue to exist.Noam Chomsky
When a politician uses the word 'folks,' we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming.Noam Chomsky
There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.Noam Chomsky
Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.Noam Chomsky
I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors.Noam Chomsky
Meteorologists are pretty faces reading scripts telling you whether it's going to rain tomorrow.Noam Chomsky
People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way - in such a way that often nobody believes me!Richard Feynman
It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.Richard Feynman
