Power & Society Sayings

184 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 184 authors

Where there is power, there is resistance.

— Michel Foucault 1976
Power & Leadership

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and terrorists, the more you control all the people.

— Noam Chomsky 1992
Justice & Rights

His ears made him look like a taxicab with both doors open.

— Howard Hughes Approx. 1930s-1940s
Money & Business

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.

— John Rawls 1971
Justice & Rights

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.

— Aung San Suu Kyi 1995
Justice & Rights

What the government wants is slaves.

— Andrew Tate 2022
Political

And in what business is there not humbug?

— P.T. Barnum 1865
Money & Business

Democracy is the best revenge.

— Benazir Bhutto 2007
Political

A text is not a text unless it hides from the first comer, from the first glance, the law of its composition and the rules of its game.

— Jacques Derrida 1972
Justice & Rights

Systematically distorted communication is a form of power.

— Jurgen Habermas 1968
Power & Leadership

My chief task has been to conquer fear.

— Houdini Early 20th century
War & Conflict

The rich are not just people who have money; they are people who have options.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2010
Money & Business

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

— Toni Morrison 1993
Justice & Rights

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

— Maya Angelou Unknown
War & Conflict

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

— Wole Soyinka Unknown
Justice & Rights

I'm just a song and dance man, that's all. I'm not a preacher, I'm not a politician.

— Bob Dylan 2004
Political

I'm not a politician. I'm an entertainer.

— David Bowie 1976
Political

A strong spirit transcends rules.

— Prince Unknown
Power & Leadership

I'm just a rebel. I'm not a rule-follower.

— Freddie Mercury 1970s
Power & Leadership

I'm a very strong-willed person. I know what I want, and I go after it.

— Whitney Houston 2009
Power & Leadership
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