Power Structure Quotes
37 quotes by 32 authors
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
— Ibrahim Babangida
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New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking to hang…
— Malcolm X
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Anyway that's a large part of what economics is - people arbitrarily, or as a matter of taste, assigning numerical values to non-numerical things. And…
— Kim Stanley Robinson
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States are violent institutions. The government of any country, including ours, represents some sort of domestic power structure, and it's usually violent. States are violent…
— Noam Chomsky
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SMU: 'It's unbelievable to think that kind of corruption came right from the top of the power structure. The NCAA did what it had to…
— Joe Paterno
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The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and... the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression and obedience.
— William O. Douglas
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Please believe in THE POWER OF ONE. One person can make an enormous difference in the world. One person - actually, one idea - can…
— Iris Chang
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We are different from previous generations of conservatives... We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the…
— Paul Weyrich
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I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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It is this power structure which the Radical Right in the United States has been attacking for years in the belief that they are attacking…
— Carroll Quigley
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Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you are…
— Noam Chomsky
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Dr. King kept guns in his home to protect himself and his family. After firebombing and numerous death threats by racists, his application for a…
— Massad Ayoob
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Get some distance on yourself and undertand the multilevel structure that's operating. There's a power structure within you. You're a very political creature.
— Frederick Lenz
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The press has bravely and nobly eroded the public trust... What I'm advocating is the media come work for us again. Remove themselves from the…
— Jon Stewart
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The so-called 'Palestinian autonomous areas' are bantustans. These are restricted entities within the power structure of the Israeli apartheid system.
— Nelson Mandela
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I think the Internet's been a tremendous tool in terms of breaking down the power structure of information and entertainment, particularly at a time when…
— Dave Foley
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Our civilization is facing a radical, imminent mass change. The alternative to the hierarchical power structure is based on mutual aid and group consensus. As…
— Jeremy Hammond
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I've always believed everything was about protecting the Clinton power structure and anyone would be sacrificed who got in the way of that.
— Gennifer Flowers
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We ain't gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we're gonna organize and dedicate ourselves to revolutionary political…
— Fred Hampton
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