“Once assimilation becomes a possibility. You kind of abandon your principles because it’s much easier to just enter the system than destroy it.”— Jessa Crispin, topicalcream.info
“Wherever there is power there is subversion.”— Frank Spotnitz, Inspector Kido, Joel de la Fuente, imdb.com
“Those years of bullying added up, minor indignity after indignity, making clear the consequences of power.”— James Comey, amazon.com
“The system is overwhelming and that is part of its power: to make people feel completely and totally isolated, depressed, and helpless. Recognizing that is part of it.”— Nicole R. Fleetwood, dazeddigital.com
“Rights are never set in stone. Power changes, leadership turns over, you are responsible for staying aware and fighting for those whose voices may not yet carry the way yours does.”— G.D Anderson, gdanderson.com
“I need you back because of what you let me feel by allowing me to make you feel something that you don't want to feel.”— Mike O'Malley, Sheila Jackson, Joan Cusack, imdb.com
“If men are in control of the media (and they are – over 95% of clout positions in media are held by men), then what does that do to stories about women? If narratives about women are being controlled by men, is what’s being told about women really accurate — or is ‘correct,’ ‘normal,’ ‘real’ womanho…”— Melissa A. Fabello, everydayfeminism.com
“What I am attentive to is the fact that every human relation is to some degree a power relation. We move in a world of perpetual strategic relations. Every power relation is not bad in itself, but it is a fact that always involves danger.”— Michel Foucault, amazon.com
“I’m not entirely comfortable being served, or having servants. I want to be part of the workforce.”— Thor Harris, thecreativeindependent.com
“Blackwater's dedication to efficiency formed the cornerstone of our entire corporate culture. It was perhaps the ultimate benefit of our streamlined hierarchy: The company had one owner— me— so no stockholders to answer to. There was no board of directors to argue with, and no interminable bureaucra…”— Erik Prince, amazon.com
“I learned to dial back my ego and distribute power as widely as possible without surrendering final authority. Paradoxically, this approach strengthened my effectiveness because it freed me to focus on my job as keeper of the team's vision.”— Phil Jackson, amazon.com