United States Quotes — Page 32

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“Greece has been, in many ways, a partially dysfunctional society. For example, the wealthy barely pay taxes... to an extent, that's true elsewhere, including the United States, but it's been pretty extreme in Greece.”

United States Pay Example

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place.”

Military Action United States

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“Parts of the United States are taking on a Third World look.”

World Looks

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“When Nazi emissaries came to the United States, they were welcomed at Harvard.”

United States Nazi

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“Right after 9-11, as far as I know, one newspaper in the United States had the integrity to investigate opinion in the Muslim world: the 'Wall Street Journal.'”

Wall United States Integrity

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“In 1961, the United States began chemical warfare in Vietnam, South Vietnam, chemical warfare to destroy crops and livestock. That went on for seven years. The level of poison - they used the most extreme carcinogen known: dioxin. And this went on for years.”

Years United States Warfare

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“The United States is the Godfather when it establishes edicts. Others had better live up to them, or else. We have to demonstrate that. So that's what the bombing of Syria was to have demonstrated.”

United States Syria Bombing

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“In the United States, and to a certain extent in Canada, there's very little interest in what happens outside their borders.”

Littles United States Borders

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“In the United States everyone is an illegal immigrant - everyone except the people in Indian Reservations. This is an immigrant society.”

People United States Illegal

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“After World War II there were many Jews who remained in refugee camps...President Harry F. Truman called for the Harrison Commission to investigate the situation in the camps and it was a pretty gloomy report. There were very few Jews admitted into the United States.”

War President United States

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“In fact, a rather striking aspect of business propaganda in the United States is the demonization of government, starting after the Second World War.”

War Government United States

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“They [the union] were members of the Communist Party - they didn't care one way or another about Russia, they just cared about the United States.”

Party United States Russia

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