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> [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/)

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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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