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 citizenenemygovernment share on social
It cannot be too often stressed that Israel had no credible pretext for its 2008-9 attack on Gaza, with full U.S. support and illegally using U.S. weapons. Noam Chomsky attackcrediblefull Change image and share on social
The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism. Noam Chomsky jihadinuclearproliferation Change image and share on social
After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators. Noam Chomsky criticizedaydemonstrator Change image and share on social
It doesn't take long to become aware of the presence of the CIA in Laos. Noam Chomsky awarecialao Change image and share on social
A financial institution has the task of taking risks, and if it's a well run institution - say, Goldman Sachs - it tries to cover the potential losses to itself, but only to itself. Noam Chomsky coverfinancialgoldman Change image and share on social
In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with bitter recriminations and conflict over who was responsible for that loss. Noam Chomsky bitterchinaconflict Change image and share on social
Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions. Noam Chomsky actionanalyzeexpose Change image and share on social
By 1960, the South Africans knew that they were becoming a pariah state. Noam Chomsky africanknowpariah Change image and share on social
