Quote by Gramsci, Antonio
"The masses are not naturally passive; they are made passive by institutions and ideologies that numb their consciousness."
More from Gramsci, Antonio
"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
"I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will."
"One of the most important things to do in the world is to unmask ideology as ideology."
"The intellectuals are the dominant group's deputies in the exercise of subaltern functions."