Noam Chomsky

"I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system." Noam Chomsky

"People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That's because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning." Noam Chomsky

"It's perfectly obvious that there is some genetic factor that distinguishes humans from other animals and that it is language-specific. The theory of that genetic component, whatever it turns out to be, is what is called universal grammar." Noam Chomsky

"Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower." Noam Chomsky

"Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats... policies which choose expansion over security... policies which lead to their moral degradation, their isolation, their delegitimation, as they call it now, and very likely ultimate destruction. That's not impossible." Noam Chomsky

"A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster." Noam Chomsky

"It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided." Noam Chomsky

"Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature." Noam Chomsky

"In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region." Noam Chomsky

"Unlike Iran, Israel refuses to allow inspections at all, refuses to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has hundreds of nuclear weapons, has advanced delivery systems." Noam Chomsky

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

"What's the point of being better than someone else?" Noam Chomsky

"The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordinary deceit, then trying to manage the catastrophe it created in Iraq." Noam Chomsky

"I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable." Noam Chomsky