When a politician uses the word 'folks,' we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming.Noam Chomsky
The public is strongly in favor of the Kyoto Protocols, so strongly in favor that a majority of Bush voters thought that he was in favor of it. They are simply unaware.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 U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that's hardly even a joke. The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.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
When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had at last won the Crusades and driven the pagans out of the Holy Land.Noam Chomsky
It is easy to dismiss the world as 'irrelevant,' or consumed by 'paranoid anti-Americanism,' but perhaps not wise.Noam Chomsky
There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.Noam Chomsky
