Social Power Quotes
14 quotes by 11 authors
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Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes from freedom of…
— Edward Said
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The bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible…
— J. G. A. Pocock
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To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt…
— John Stuart Mill
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It is bad policy to regulate everything... where things may better regulate themselves and can be better promoted by private exertions; but it is no…
— Friedrich List
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The competition of social power with State power is always disadvantaged, since the State can arrange the terms of competition to suit itself, even to…
— Albert J. Nock
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The superficial distinctions of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism, are the concern of journalists and publicists; the serious student sees in them only one root-idea of a…
— Albert J. Nock
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its…
— Albert J. Nock
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The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not…
— Ayn Rand
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But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social…
— Friedrich List
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We are in a position of financial and social power, and we could be agents of change in our society. Without pretension, I believe we…
— Guy Laliberte
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It is above all in the present democratic age that the true friends of liberty and human grandeur must remain constantly vigilant and ready to…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Old school feminism, coveting social power, is blind to woman's cosmic sexual power.
— Camille Paglia
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Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and…
— Frank Herbert
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The hazing experience and then the subsequent participation in the group forces its members to maintain the status quo and traditions at all costs. It…
— Rosalind Wiseman
Who Wrote These Social Power Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 14 Social Power Quotes as follows: