Age Quote by Russell Baker

The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive.

— Barbara Tuchman

“The rich and powerful are going to survive longer, but the effects are very real―and they're getting worse very quickly as more and more…

— Noam Chomsky

“Capitalism seems to have failed and is now stigmatized as greed. A reaction against individual excess is driving the world back to collective values.…

— Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Unfortunately, in our society, power means the ability to dominate and oppress.

— Vanna Bonta

The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power. The twenty-first will no doubt be marked…

— Eric Schlosser

Although the patriarchal ego prides itself on being reasonable, the twentieth century has been anything but the Age of Reason. In our collective neurosis,…

— Marion Woodman

The new century has brought on its own terrible dangers, which although not reaching the apocalyptic potential of the Cold War, still have the…

— Adam Schiff

“People who lack economic and social power often expand their physical impact on the world." "-In Pursuit of Silence”

— Lessing

Those who are a danger to the society being resentful and uncooperative are themselves the most powerless ones, they are so because they suffer…

— Senoraroy

The fact that communities that are relatively powerless often are exposed to more dangerous pollution and the worst effects of climate change: a society…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we…

— Maggie Kuhn

“THE TWENTIETH CENTURY was a period defined by the struggle for individual political, economic, and personal liberty against various forms of oppression, and marked…

— Tom Standage