Suppose I criticise Iran. What impact does that have? The only impact it has is in fortifying those who want to carry out policies I don't agree with, like bombing.Noam Chomsky
In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It's not like Egypt, where you're going to get murdered by the security forces.Noam Chomsky
Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.Noam Chomsky
In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes instantly, with approval.Noam Chomsky
Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.Noam Chomsky
There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be dismantled. Efforts against the U.S. Postal Service are particularly surreal.Noam Chomsky
Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.Noam Chomsky
The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents.Noam Chomsky
Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.Noam Chomsky
There are nuclear-weapons-free zones in several parts of the world already, except that they're not implemented fully, because the U.S. won't allow it.Noam Chomsky