Power Quotes

"The dominant ideology makes itself invisible through naturalization."

"Oppression works by making us believe our chains are ornaments."

"The straight world fears what it cannot control or categorize."

"The patriarchy fears the woman who knows her own power."

"Knowledge is power, but power conceals itself as knowledge."

"The dominant class naturalizes its dominance through narrative."

"Power operates through the creation and enforcement of categories."

"The market is not a natural entity; it is produced through the careful work of translation and negotiation."

"To be an actor is to make a difference, to alter the course of others' action."

"To speak of actors is to acknowledge their capacity to make a difference in the world."

"The capacity to act is always distributed and relational, never individual."

"The capacity to speak is distributed among a diversity of entities, human and non-human."

"The capacity to act is always embedded in networks of relationships and materials."

"An actor is what is made to act by many other actors, to which it lends its shape, its action, its trajectory, its positioning."

"Power is not possessed by individuals; it emerges from the capacity to mobilize others."

"To make something matter is to gather forces, to create associations, to compose a network."

"Power operates through networks; it is not something that can be localized or possessed."

"We are not powerless in the face of systems of domination. We have the power to change our consciousness and our communities."

"There is something in the female body that cannot be violated, will not be violated."

"The act of looking is itself a political act."

"Power is something that must be seized and exercised collectively."

"Power lies in collective action and shared vision."

"To name one's own experience is an act of power."

"Words have the power to create and destroy."

"Power operates through what remains unsaid."

"One's own voice is the most powerful tool available."

"Subordination occurs when one's status is called into question in society."

"Status hierarchies are reinforced through cultural meanings and practices."

"The powerful define what counts as a legitimate problem or grievance."

"Status hierarchies are maintained through symbolic and material practices."