Noam Chomsky

“Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free.”

“In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.”

“Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.”

“Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily, and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society.”

“The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched.”

“There are nuclear-weapons-free zones in several parts of the world already, except that they're not implemented fully, because the U.S. won't allow it.”

“I like Gramsci. He's an important person.”

“Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.”

“History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.”

“In every country except - industrial country except the United States, the government uses its massive purchasing power to negotiate drug prices. That's one of the reasons prices are so much...”

“Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.”

“The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.”

“You can live within the institutions and work hard to change them.”

“Dissident intellectuals aren't all beautiful.”

“I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to.”

“There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.”

“Is the Iranian record of intervention and terror worse than that of the U.S.?”

“I once did a three-hour interview with Radio Oxford only to be told the microphone hadn't picked me up.”

“As a research tool, the internet is invaluable.”

“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.'”