"What I am asserting is that in this……" — C. Wright Mills
"What I am asserting is that in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an elite of power; that the men of the circles composing this elite, severally and collectively, now make such key decisions as are made; and that, given the enlargement and the centralization of the means of power now available, the decisions that they make and fail to make carry more consequences for more people than has ever been the case in the world history of mankind"
—
C. Wright Mills
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
42 Quotes by C. Wright Mills
C. Wright Mills has 42 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards, and aims of the urban…
-
Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
-
The life-fate of the modern individual depends not only upon the family into which he was born or which he…
-
America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at…
-
Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent…
-
Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government…
-
The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a…
-
For we cannot adequately understand 'man' as an isolated biological creature, as a bundle of reflexes or a set of…
-
What we experience in various and specific milieux, I have noted, is often caused by structural changes. Accordingly, to understand…
-
The principal cause of war is war itself.
-
Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his…
-
In our time, what is at issue is the very nature of man, the image we have of his limits…
See all 42 quotes by C. Wright Mills »
More Asserting Quotes
This quote is filed under Asserting Quotes,
one of 57 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.
— Anthony Burgess
-
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let…
— Buzz Aldrin
-
When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that…
— Lewis Thomas
-
Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon…
— Jacques Monod
-
We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we…
— David Boaz
-
With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting…
— William Buckland
-
I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in…
— Unknown Author
-
We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting…
— Henry Lawson
-
As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means…
— Henri Cartier-Bresson
-
In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful…
— Benjamin Rush
-
The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with…
— Joseph Conrad
-
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
See all 57 Asserting Quotes »