Noam Chomsky

The more you understand the world, the more angry you get.

The very fact that you're allowed to talk about it shows you what a free country this is. It's not.

The whole educational system is designed to turn people into automatons.

There are two problems for a society that's trying to make a transition to a more free and just society. One is to understand what's happening. The other is to figure out how to change it. And the second is much harder.

It is not the function of the media to tell us what is true. It is the function of the media to tell us what the government wants us to believe.

The whole point of the corporate system is to get people to internalize the values of the dominant institutions.

The American people are subjected to a massive propaganda campaign to turn them into docile consumers and obedient workers.

The United States has a long and bloody history of intervention in the affairs of other countries, often with devastating consequences.

The business world has a kind of religion: profit maximization. And that's what drives it.

It’s very easy to be a pacifist when you’re not threatened.

The United States is the only country in the world that has been condemned by the International Court of Justice for international terrorism.

The U.S. is basically a one-party state, and the party is the business party.

The whole history of the United States is one of expansion and conquest, often under the guise of spreading democracy and freedom.

It’s a system of control, it’s not really a system of education.

The responsibility of intellectuals is to speak the truth and expose lies.

The United States has devoted enormous resources to overthrowing democratic governments.

The media are corporations. They sell audiences to other businesses.

The mainstream media are essentially propaganda organs for the state and corporate power.

The United States is a rogue state, a leading terrorist state, and a menace to the world.

The function of the media in the United States is to mobilize support for the policies of the powerful.