"Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do……" — C. Wright Mills
"Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose."
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C. Wright Mills
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42 Quotes by C. Wright Mills
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent…
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The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a…
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For we cannot adequately understand 'man' as an isolated biological creature, as a bundle of reflexes or a set of…
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What we experience in various and specific milieux, I have noted, is often caused by structural changes. Accordingly, to understand…
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The principal cause of war is war itself.
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