Concision is a technique of propaganda. It ensures you cannot do anything except repeat clichรฉs, the standard doctrine, or sound like a lunatic.
Noam ChomskyI agree with Bill Clinton that US forces should not be sent to Haiti, but not for his reasons.
Noam ChomskyObama's latest line is that he didn't establish a "red line" but the world did through its conventions on chemical warfare.
Noam ChomskyThe printing press had a very liberatory effect that meant individuals - small groups could produce radical pamphlets - could use it for organizing.
Noam ChomskyI'll have 15 letters today from mostly young kids who don't like what's going on and want to do something about it, and [they ask me] if I can give them some advice as to what they should do, or can I tell them what to read or something.
Noam ChomskyOne of the truths about the world is that there are two superpowers, one a huge power which happens to have its boot on your neck; another, a smaller power which happens to have its boot on other people's necks. I think that anyone in the Third World would be making a grave error if they succumbed to illusions about these matters
Noam Chomsky