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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Born: Dec 7, 1928
American Been People War World You
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Reagan was extreme. Beginning of his administration, one of the first things was to call in scabs - hadn't been done for a long time, and it's illegal in most countries - in the air controller strike. Noam Chomsky
Time Long Long Time First Beginning Air Strike Extreme Administration Countries Most Call First Things Reagan Been His Done Illegal Things
I don't like the intellectual label. Noam Chomsky
Like Intellectual Label
Descriptive grammar is an attempt to give an account of what the current system is for either a society or an individual, whatever you happen to be studying. Noam Chomsky
You Whatever Society System Give Individual Attempt Studying Account Current Happen Grammar Either Descriptive
It could be - and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don't like it - that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track. Noam Chomsky
Hundred Hundred Years Though Has-Been Rather Neuroscience Could Argued Wrong Like Couple Track Been Years View Last
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq. Noam Chomsky
Terrorism Voting Percent Rather Absence Troops Take Taking Leading Leading Role Like Withdrawing Condemned Were Iraq Role American Authorization Stand Who
Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak. Noam Chomsky
Has-Been Obama Highly Supportive Himself Been Mubarak
If you could take a subway from the suburbs in Boston, where I live, to downtown in 10 minutes, that improves your life over sitting in a traffic jam. People should see that. Noam Chomsky
Life You People Live See Minutes Boston Could Take Over Traffic Improves Sitting Jam Where Suburbs Subway Should Your Downtown
I have been - I have spoken in Bir Zeit a number of times. Noam Chomsky
Spoken Been Times Number
There are nuclear-weapons-free zones in several parts of the world already, except that they're not implemented fully, because the U.S. won't allow it. Noam Chomsky
World Several Except Allow Implemented Parts Because Fully Zone
Terrorists regard themselves as a vanguard. They're trying to mobilize others to their cause. I mean, every specialist on terrorism knows that. Noam Chomsky
Terrorism Cause Every Others Vanguard Knows Terrorists Mobilize Trying Regard Mean Themselves Specialist
As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties. Noam Chomsky
You Complex Systems Find Properties More More And More Deal Becomes Interesting Deep Harder
I don't think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience. Noam Chomsky
Experience Think Kissinger Had Policy Attribute Foreign Foreign Policy Lot Very Sensible Convincing Useful Henry
In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs. Noam Chomsky
Democracy Political Unions Programs Others Those Would Would-Be Insisting Developing Implement Putting Representatives Happening Them Forth Organizations Popular
Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower. Noam Chomsky
Become Has-Been Superpower Attack Since Courageous Cuba Been Symbol Resistance
A very large majority of the U.S. population is in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and has been for a long time with some fluctuations. And even part of the business world is in favor of it, too. But the government won't allow it. Noam Chomsky
Government Time Business World Long Long Time Too Relations Favor Has-Been Diplomatic Some Diplomatic Relations Allow Part Majority Cuba Been Very Establishing Business World Large Even Population
The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern. Noam Chomsky
Class Commitment White Would Pretty Given Economic Concern Democrats Issues Up Much Require Working Working-Class
The level of destruction and terror and violence carried out by the powerful states far exceeds anything that can imaginably can be done by groups that are called terrorists and subnational groups. Noam Chomsky
Destruction States Carried Out Powerful Terror Terrorists Done Anything Far Groups Level Violence
Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy. Noam Chomsky
War Democracy People World Political First Had Until First World First World War Scientists Been Up Germany Model American Turned World War
The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power. Noam Chomsky
People Power Significant Proponent Most Globalisation Movement Interests
The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy. Noam Chomsky
Democracy Design Direct Attack Principles Very
Remember, weapons of mass destruction don't mean missiles. Noam Chomsky
Destruction Remember Weapons Mass Mass Destruction Missiles Mean
Unlike Europe, China can't be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they've been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don't see any need to. Noam Chomsky
Down Unlike Way Intimidated States Backs See Wrong Attention Wrong Way Looks Been Years Any China Barbarians Paying Europe United United States Need
As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world. Noam Chomsky
War Government World Decision Else Back Crimes Collapsed Syria Claims Obama Administration Pretext Threats Attack Support Fails Along Policeman Fallen When All Else Fails Standard International Credibility
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. Noam Chomsky
Library Internet Seen Easier Libraries Development Greater Go Shift Existence Undoubtedly Than Much
I've been interested in Japan since the 1930s, when I read about Japan's vicious crimes in Manchuria and China. Noam Chomsky
Crimes About Since Read Been Vicious China Interested Japan
Chinese military spending is carefully monitored by the United States. Noam Chomsky
Military Carefully Spending States Chinese United United States
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