People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet. — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Capital requires protection, as do the institutions through which it operates. As capital expands its operations, the state that is associated with its protection must develop its capacity for autocratic control. Thus, the "Free World" increasingly resembles a dreary string… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and feedback from… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
All economic and political institutions are contrivances that should serve the interests of the people. When they fail to do so, they should be… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
[The ruling elites] know who their enemies are, and their enemies are the people, the people at home and the people abroad. Their enemies… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation in the… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor of victory,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet. — Michael Parenti Copy Share
The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased. — Michael Parenti Copy Share
In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through a process… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
Official Washington cannot tell the American people that the real purpose of its gargantuan military expenditures and belligerent interventions is to make the world… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
Ecology's implications for capitalism are too momentous for the capitalist to contemplate. The plutocrats are more wedded to their wealth than to the Earth… — Michael Parenti Copy Share
