The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.Noam Chomsky
International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.Noam Chomsky
What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded. The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.Noam Chomsky
Well before September 11, it was understood that with modern technology, the rich and powerful will lose their near monopoly of the means of violence and can expect to suffer atrocities on home soil.Noam Chomsky
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.Noam Chomsky
Radical Islamist extremists surely hope that an attack on Iraq will kill many people and destroy much of the country, providing recruits for terrorist actions.Noam Chomsky
The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.Noam Chomsky
People who criticize power in the Jewish community are regarded the way Ahab treated Elijah: You're a traitor.Noam Chomsky
