African Quote by Susan B. Anthony

. . . this oligarchy of sex, which makes fathers, brothers, husbands and sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and…

— Susan B. Anthony

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A…

— George Orwell

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life, imposed by…

— George Orwell

“Oligarchy: Rule by the few, usually the richest One Percent. In Aristotle’s political theory, oligarchy is the stage into which democracy evolves, and which…

— Michael Hudson

What is called matriarchy is simply moral anarchy, in which the mother alone remains fixed because all the fathers are fugitive and irresponsible.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“He did not see that the continuity of an oligarchy need not be physical, nor did he pause to reflect that hereditary aristocracies have…

— George Orwell

A family ... is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions.

— Samuel Johnson

“The form of family corresponding to civilization and coming to definite supremacy with it is monogamy, the domination of the man over the woman,…

— Frederick Engels

When one group rules another, the relationship between the two is political. When such an arrangement is carried out over a long period of…

— Kate Millett

It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about.

— Pat Robertson

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to believe that we are human beings or that we…

— Gloria Steinem

A family is a tyranny ruled over by it's weakest member.

— George Bernard Shaw