Noam Chomsky Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“In the early 1940s, as a young teenager, I was utterly appalled by the racist and jingoist hysteria of the anti-Japanese propaganda. The Germans were evil, but treated with some respect: They were, after all, blond Aryan types, just like our imaginary self-image. Japanese were mere vermin, to be crushed like ants.”

“Anarchism means all sort of things to different people, but the traditional anarchists' movements assumed that there'd be a highly organized society, just one organized from below with direct participation and so on.”

“Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.”

“American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.”

“The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important.”

“It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we've seen with the Internet's development.”

“Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.”

“The events of October 1962 are widely hailed as Kennedy's finest hour.”

“The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.”

“If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.”