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> [I think that we're at an alarming moment in American political development and maybe in world political development, because the United States is so influential. If the trends of the last thirty or forty years are not halted and reversed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/i-think-that-we-re-at-an-alarming-moment-in-american-political/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

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## More by Frances Fox Piven

> [The only way to change American society, and indeed I think this is true of other societies as well, is for people to discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/the-only-way-to-change-american-society-and-indeed-i-think-this-is/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [I think that the question of how power can be exerted from the lower reaches has never been more important. It will ultimately determine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/i-think-that-the-question-of-how-power-can-be-exerted-from-the-lower/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [I remember my father explaining, "A capitalist system is a dog-eat-dog system."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/i-remember-my-father-explaining-a-capitalist-system-is-a-dog-eat-dog/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [I propose that there is another kind of power based not on resources, things, or attributes, but rooted in the social and cooperative relations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/i-propose-that-there-is-another-kind-of-power-based-not-on-resources/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [There's nothing wrong with changing your mind if you think something's right at a certain moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-changing-your-mind-if-you-think-something/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/i-believe-in-the-necessity-for-struggle-by-people-at-the-bottom-of/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [I believe that the only way to change American society, and indeed I think this is true of other societies as well, is for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/i-believe-that-the-only-way-to-change-american-society-and-indeed-i/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [Indeed, in US politics, 'poverty', along with 'welfare', 'unwed mothers' and 'crime', became code words for blacks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/indeed-in-us-politics-poverty-along-with-welfare-unwed-mothers-and/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [I had no intention of becoming an academic. How could a person who was having trouble reading become an academic?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/i-had-no-intention-of-becoming-an-academic-how-could-a-person-who-was/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

> [I think that we're at an alarming moment in American political development and maybe in world political development, because the United States is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-fox-piven/i-think-that-we-re-at-an-alarming-moment-in-american-political/)

[Frances Fox Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-fox-piven/)

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