Politics Quotes

"Political freedom without social security is freedom only in name."

"The personal is political, and the political is deeply personal."

"Politics is the art of deciding whose voice matters."

"Democracy requires citizens who are willing to be seen, to speak their truth, and to listen."

"In the last analysis, 'the public' of which we speak does not and cannot exist in the world today."

"The United States has become a military juggernaut and an economic power."

"The public consists of self-governing groups of citizens."

"The crisis of modern democracy is the crisis of the public."

"Symbolic violence is the violence which extorts submission which is not perceived as violence."

"The state is the culmination of all forms of symbolic capital."

"Nationalism is often the expression of dominated groups asserting their identity."

"Symbolic systems always favor those who already possess power."

"The state's monopoly on legitimate violence rests on a monopoly of legitimate symbolic authority."

"Cultural nationalism often serves as a form of symbolic resistance."

"The state is never neutral but always expresses the interests of dominant groups."

"Globalization means the world's problems become everyone's problems, but solutions remain local."

"The nation-state is becoming obsolete, but no viable alternative has emerged."

"Politics is the art of managing the unmanageable."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"Politics shapes the conditions of our lives."

"The aesthetic is never purely aesthetic; it is always political."

"The state monopolizes legitimate symbolic violence."

"The field of journalism mediates between political power and public opinion."

"The state is the culmination of the process of symbolic unification of society."

"The globalization of social life means that local decisions have worldwide consequences."

"Politics is not separate from everyday life but embedded in all social interactions."

"Politics emerges whenever people collectively decide how to live together."

"Social class is largely maintained through differences in presentation and performance."

"Politics is the art of negotiating competing imaginations."

"We are all consumers first and citizens second in contemporary society."