I don't have as complete and overall philosophy as he does. I agree with some of the things he says. I've seen things that he said that I didn't agree with. But certainly what he says about the engineering of consent seems valid. Recently Chomsky gave a speech about what it means to oppose terrorism which I was very impressed by, because he essentially said that we should put an end to terrorism, and that includes the terrorism against the US but also the terrorism committed by the US... and I agree. --Richard Stallman, November 2001 [262]

Neither Chomsky nor Church would make my top ten list. No, I don't actually have such a list, but my feeling is that their impact has been more on what is taug…

A similar denial is evident in the rhetoric of Noam Chomsky; prodded for commentary on the war, he recites a litany of past American wrongdoing as if that some…

I personally regard Chomsky as a kook and a half on toast. --Jimmy Wales, December 8, 2001 [260]

There can be no country or dignity without unity of the people, and there can be no unity without agreement, and there can be no agreement without conciliation…

'This is a day we should treasure - a day when agreement and accommodation have replaced days of difference and division.' (April 11, 1998 - the day the Good F…

The submission of free people to the executive authority of government, is no more than a compliance with laws which they themselves have enacted.