Power Dynamics Quotes

"Democracy in any meaningful sense of the term doesn't mean that citizens have the right to choose between two rich people who represent basically the same interests. " "Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. " "There are forms of oppression and domination which become invisible – the new normal." "Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him" "Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few" "The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the state of emergency in which we live is not the exception but the rule" "The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the definitions of the white world." "The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout." "If you can only be tall because somebody's on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is, white people have a very, very serious problem" "We control the world basically because we can cooperate better than any other animal" "The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long and no longer than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them." "The relation between power and knowledge is not one of exteriority" "New faces have more authority than accustomed ones" "The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane " "I think I’m a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it’s authority that I respect."