States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.Noam Chomsky
There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then it may be justified.Noam Chomsky
All through Latin America, there's sharp condemnation of the criminal atrocities of Sept. 11. But it's qualified by the observation that although these are horrible atrocities, they are not unfamiliar.Noam Chomsky
Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a trained expert, can solve technical problems by 'sophisticated' methods. Ergo, it is only problems of the latter sort that are important or real.Noam Chomsky
Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack.Noam Chomsky
The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.Noam Chomsky
The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of how they are conceived.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
Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.Noam Chomsky
