Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

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"Words are weapons and tools."
Wittig, Monique
W
"Power structures are maintained through language."
Wittig, Monique
W
"Language is where power operates."
Wittig, Monique
W
"Language is the site of struggle."
Wittig, Monique
W
"Language imprisons or liberates."
Wittig, Monique
W
"Power is exercised through language."
Wittig, Monique
W
"Language is the battleground."
Wittig, Monique
W
"Power flows through discourse."
Wittig, Monique
C
"Power flows through networks, not hierarchies alone"
Callon, Michel
C
"To act is to enter into relations with others"
Callon, Michel
C
"Power is not possessed but performed through networks"
Callon, Michel
C
"To map a network is to remake the world"
Callon, Michel
C
"Agency is distributed, not concentrated in individuals"
Callon, Michel
C
"Power operates through the seemingly innocent categorization of things"
Callon, Michel
C
"Power operates most effectively when it is least visible"
Callon, Michel
C
"Agency is not an attribute but an effect of networks"
Callon, Michel
H
"We are not suffering from too little choice, but from the burden of infinite choice."
Hartmut, Rosa
H
"The modern paradox is that we have unprecedented power over the future and no time to use it wisely."
Hartmut, Rosa
R
"Language is power, life and instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation."
Rich, Adrienne
R
"Each time we use our voice, we transform the world."
Rich, Adrienne
R
"The silence of women has never been a sign of consent."
Rich, Adrienne
R
"Knowledge itself is power."
Rich, Adrienne
h
"We are not just shaped by our circumstances; we have the power to shape them."
hooks, bell
h
"True power lies in our ability to imagine and create alternative possibilities."
hooks, bell
h
"We are shaped by our choices, not our circumstances."
hooks, bell
D
"The power to change is in our hands."
Davis, Angela
D
"Power is the ability to define reality and make others live it."
Davis, Angela
B
"Power is not simply a constraint on freedom but the very condition of freedom."
Butler, Judith
W
"The dominant group naturalizes its position through discourse."
Wittig, Monique
W
"The oppressor's language contains the seeds of our subjugation."
Wittig, Monique