Institutions Quote by Bell Hooks Download Open image “One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library..” — Bell Hooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Institutions Library Public library States States Public Subversive Subversive Institutions United United states Writer
“Libraries are innately subversive institutions, born of the radical notion that every member of society deserves free, high-quality access to knowledge and culture.” — Matt Finch Copy Share Image
A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I think the public library system is one of the most amazing American institutions. Free for everybody. If you ever get the blues about… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives. — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, 'Look, here is some free information… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected to the… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
The minimum that most minimalists want leaves in place just the institutions who protect their interests. That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
“Economists have a singular method of procedure. There are only two kinds of institutions for them, artificial and natural. The institutions of feudalism are… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world. — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Every profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it… — David Josiah Brewer Copy Share Image
In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of… — John Hume Copy Share Image
If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy. — Fernando Henrique Cardoso Copy Share Image
If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Every morning when I pick up the newspaper and read about an earthquake in Japan or problems in European financial institutions, the first question… — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
The "family" has clearly emerged anew in the late 1970s as a central subject for discussion, debate, research and writing in bothscholarly and popular… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
