Noam Chomsky

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

Noam Chomsky

If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you’re doing something wrong.

Noam Chomsky

If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That’s not going to happen if you care only about yourself.

Noam Chomsky

If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let’s see it.

Noam Chomsky

If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.

Noam Chomsky

If you get to a point where the existing institutions will not bend to the popular will, you have to eliminate the institutions.

Noam Chomsky

If you owned everything and a tiny little piece gets out of control, then your world’s gone. Like some unusual child who has a million toys and one of them is stolen, he’s going to perish.

Noam Chomsky

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

Noam Chomsky

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

Noam Chomsky

In fact, anyone who merits attention and who promotes any cause at all is doing so on the basis of a belief that it is somehow good for humans, because of their inherent nature.

Noam Chomsky