37 Political Noam Chomsky Quotes That Will Challenge Your Beliefs

37 quotes

Quotes from one of the most radical and interdisciplinary intellectuals working in the United States today. Sourced from Noam Chomsky's books, interviews, and essays. 

“One of the striking examples was the invasion of Iraq. U.S. and British intelligence agencies informed their governments that the invasion of Iraq was likely to lead to an increase in terrorism. They didn’t care. In fact, it did. Terrorism increased by a factor of seven the first year after the Iraq…”

— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info

Tagged: Iraq, Terrorism

“Don’t ridicule, organize.”

— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info

Tagged: Social Change

“I am just old enough to remember those chilling and ominous days of Germany’s descent from decency to Nazi barbarism, to borrow the words of the distinguished scholar of German history Fritz Stern. He tells us that he has the future of the United States in mind when he reviews ‘a historic process in…”

— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info

Tagged: The Seduction of Unreason, Fitz Stern, Germany, Unreason

“Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street, because that's where the light is. It has no other choice.”

— Noam Chomsky, amazon.com

Tagged: Science

“The world is too complex for history to repeat, but there are nevertheless lessons to keep in mind. There is no shortage of tasks for those who choose the vocation of critical intellectuals, whatever their station in life. They can seek to sweep away the mists of carefully contrived illusion and rev…”

— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info

Tagged: Intellectuals

““You’ve got to keep them pretty scared, because unless they’re properly scared and frightened of all kinds of devils that are going to destroy them from outside or inside or somewhere, they may start to think, which is very dangerous, because they’re not competent to think. Therefore it’s important…”

— Noam Chomsky, amazon.com

Tagged: Media Fear, Media Manipulation, Fear, Marginalization Tactics

“Only an aroused public can end this folly before it ends us.”

— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info

Tagged: Social Change, Outrage Culture