I had no intention of becoming an academic. How could a person who was having trouble reading become an academic? — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
The only way to change American society, and indeed I think this is true of other societies as well, is for people to discover… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I think that the question of how power can be exerted from the lower reaches has never been more important. It will ultimately determine… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I remember my father explaining, "A capitalist system is a dog-eat-dog system." — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I propose that there is another kind of power based not on resources, things, or attributes, but rooted in the social and cooperative relations… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with changing your mind if you think something's right at a certain moment. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I believe that the only way to change American society, and indeed I think this is true of other societies as well, is for… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
Indeed, in US politics, 'poverty', along with 'welfare', 'unwed mothers' and 'crime', became code words for blacks. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
I had no intention of becoming an academic. How could a person who was having trouble reading become an academic? — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
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… — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image
