Change Quote by Paul Hawken

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

— Samuel Johnson

“When economic imbalances became extreme, the lack of equilibrium and viability could threaten social and political order.”

— Joshua A. Berman

Our societies have experienced the magic that occurs when pluralism flourishes and the marginalized assume their proper powers. But loss stalks those victories, as…

— Anand Giridharadas

But every time new powers emerge they have to find their balance. New powers are emerging, old powers are declining. It's not that process…

— George Friedman

The will to power which always emanates from individuals or from small minorities in society is in fact a most important driving force in…

— Rudolf Rocker

The current system is organized around financial values over life values. We need to shift that locus of power down to the community level…

— David Korten

The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to States,…

— Pope Francis

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great…

— John Boehner

As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.

— Viktor Orban

“Other things being equal, the more widely dispersed key technologies are, the more widely dispersed power will be, and the smaller the optimum scale…

— James Dale Davidson

The more dynamic the capitalistic expansion, the greater the disparity. It is from the disparity that we are going to get all the political…

— Robert D. Kaplan

Intellectual and cultural freedom is the most important single precondition for the breakdown of the kinds of tyrannical and totalitarian systems that periodically threaten…

— James H. Billington