If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.

Noam Chomsky

The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

Noam Chomsky

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

Noam Chomsky

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

Noam Chomsky

I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.

Noam Chomsky

If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.

Noam Chomsky

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

Noam Chomsky

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

Noam Chomsky

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....

Noam Chomsky

Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

Noam Chomsky

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

Noam Chomsky

The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it's hardly a traditional political party anymore.

Noam Chomsky