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Noam Chomsky

American Activist

Born: Dec 7, 1928

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Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony. Noam Chomsky

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Markets have built in inefficiencies, serious inefficiencies which are well known. Noam Chomsky

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U.S. Government propaganda tries to give the impression that aerial bombardment achieves near-surgical accuracy, so that military targets can be destroyed with minimal effect on civilians. Technical documents give a different picture. Noam Chomsky

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Undoubtedly, the U.S. harbors leading international terrorists, people described by the F.B.I. and the Justice Department as leading terrorists, like Orlando Bosch, now Posada Carriles, not to speak of those who actually implement state terrorism. Noam Chomsky

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When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. After only a week, I began to have a sense of the appeal of the country and its people - along with despair about its future. Noam Chomsky

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As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime. Noam Chomsky

I admire Ralph Nader and Denis Kucinich very much, and insofar as they bring up issues and carry out an educational and organisational function - that's important, and fine, and I support it. Noam Chomsky

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In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on. Noam Chomsky

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The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism. Noam Chomsky

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I don't want followers. Noam Chomsky

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The call for debt cancellation is welcome, but debt does not just go away. Noam Chomsky

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The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming. Noam Chomsky

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The neo-cons constitute a radical reactionary fringe of the planning spectrum, but the spectrum is narrow. Noam Chomsky

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Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed. Noam Chomsky

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The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase. Noam Chomsky

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A tremendous amount of the entrepreneurial initiative, if you want to call it that, comes from the dynamic state sector on which most of the economy relies to socialize costs and risks and privatize eventual profit. And that's achieved by, if you like, advertising. Noam Chomsky

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There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then it may be justified. Noam Chomsky

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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

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U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness. Noam Chomsky

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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal - hardly inspiring - standards of political conduct. Noam Chomsky

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Today, we have private airline companies, but if you take a look at a Boeing plane next time you travel, you'll see that you are basically taking a ride on a modified bomber. Noam Chomsky

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