The people who were really important are the ones whose names are forgotten. And that's true of every movement that ever existed.
Noam ChomskyThe development of space technology, including space warfare today, is similar in its technological-industrial significance to the development of navies a hundred years ago.
Noam ChomskyIn the case of [Antonio] Gramsci, the Fascist government agreed that he was a "model intellectual" in [Edward] Said's sense, and for that reason determined, in their words, that "we must stop this brain from functioning for twenty years."
Noam ChomskyWhat I've called "the Mafia doctrine" in many publications: when the Godfather issues an edict, others must obey, or else. It's too dangerous to allow disobedience. A leading principle of world affairs - though, of course, officials and commentators put it more politely.
Noam Chomsky