I don't think a Jewish or Christian or Islamic state is a proper concept. I would object to the United States as a Christian state.Noam Chomsky
The doctrine that everything is fine as long as the population is quiet, that applies in the Middle East, applies in Central America, it applies in the United States.Noam Chomsky
Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without charge, under torture, which is what solitary confinement is.Noam Chomsky
I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.Noam Chomsky
You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.Noam Chomsky
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.Noam Chomsky
The level of destruction and terror and violence carried out by the powerful states far exceeds anything that can imaginably can be done by groups that are called terrorists and subnational groups.Noam Chomsky