Hierarchy Quotes

232 Hierarchy quotes by 201 unique authors

All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob. — Edward Abbey
There is no Hierarchy of Oppressions — Audre Lorde
I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican sentiments-but if the… — Rufus King
There are no hierarchies, no infinite, no such many as mass, there are only/ eyes in all heads,/ to be looked out of. — Charles Olson
What we need is a tough new kind of feminism with no illusions. Women do not change institutions simply by assimilating into them. We need… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow. It is our imperial sex theater, supreme temple of the… — Camille Paglia
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression, but also for… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
We are left with the feeling that the church has overdone it, no matter how you cut it, and that homosexuals have certainly suffered more… — Unknown Author
We cling to hierarchies because our place in a hierarchy is, rightly or wrongly, a major indicator of our social worth. — Unknown Author
Feminism is a belief that although women and men are inherently of equal worth, most societies privilege men as a group. As a result, social… — Estelle Freedman
Insistence on having a sexual orientation in sex is about defending the status quo, maintaining sex differences and the sexual hierarchy; whereas resistance to sexual… — John Stoltenberg
People sometimes say that we will know feminism has done its job when half the CEOs are women. That’s not feminism; to quote Catharine MacKinnon,… — Lierre Keith
The Bible judges the church; the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church; the… — Timothy Keller
Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic, political, ethnic or nationalist guises,… — Robert Thurman
It is easy to forget, since the Catholic Church is now the only large American religious denomination whose ecclesiastical hierarchy continues to oppose birth control,… — Susan Jacoby
Although every organized religion works overtime to contribute its own brand of misogyny to the myth of woman-hate, woman-fear, and woman-evil, the Roman Catholic church… — Robin Morgan
True progress lies in the direction of decentralization, both territorial and functional, in the development of the spirit of local and personal initiative, and of… — Peter Kropotkin
I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. The truth of the mater is… — Gloria Steinem
If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy… — Banksy
In the industrial age, the CEO sat on the top of the hierarchy and didn't have to listen to anybody ... In the information age,… — John Sculley
It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the greatest musicians existing on our planet. — Olivier Messiaen
We affirm that the true story of capitalism is now beginning, because capitalism is not a system of oppression only, but is also a selection… — Benito Mussolini
I see anarchism as the theoretical ideal to which we are all gradually evolving to a point where everybody can tell the truth to everybody… — Robert Anton Wilson
In Hollywood, story content of movies follows a hierarchy of power, not the relative quality of various ideas. Hollywood does not lack for quality writing.… — Terry Rossio
The Place of No Shadows, in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine (1990) In our Universe, matter is arranged in a hierarchy of structures by successive… — Francois Jacob

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