We're human beings; we're not robots. And face-to-face contact is something totally different than typing a text message and then forgetting about it.
Noam ChomskyThe principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
Noam Chomsky[After Vietnam] the type of interventions that are carried out are designed so as not to elicit public reactions.
Noam ChomskyIf the most important revolutionary part of the George W. Bush Doctrine is that states that harbor terrorists are terrorist states, what do we conclude from that? We conclude exactly what Kissinger was kind enough to say: These doctrines are unilateral. They are not intended as doctrines of international law or doctrines of international affairs. They are doctrines that grant the U.S. the right to use force and violence and to harbor terrorists, but not anyone else.
Noam Chomsky