Michael Pare Quotes

• One does not have to be a Marxist to know there is something very wrong in this society.

  Michael Pare

  Political, Doe, This Society

  "Dirty truths". Book by Michael Parenti, 1996.

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• The guiding principle of ruling elites was--and still is: When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.

  Michael Pare

  Guiding Principles, Political, Ruling

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• The real danger we face is not from terrorism but what is being done under the pretext of fighting it.

  Michael Pare

  Real, Fighting, Political

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• If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what we have is a formula for dictatorship, not democracy.

  Michael Pare

  Fall, Leader, Political

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• Those who control the wealth of this society have an influence over political life far in excess of their number.

  Michael Pare

  Numbers, Political, Excess

  "Democracy for the Few". Book by Michael Parenti, 2010.

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• The media have been tireless in their efforts to suppress the truth about the gangster state.

  Michael Pare

  Media, Effort, Political

  "Dirty truths". Book by Michael Parenti, 1996.

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• It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power.

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  Political, May, Surprise

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• Conservative pundits have a remarkable amount of free speech.

  Michael Pare

  Political, Speech, Conservative

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• Radical views that are outside the mainstream generally (but not always) are more reliable than the dominant view because they are more regularly challenged and tested against evidence. They do not get to float freely down the mainstream; they must swim against the current. They cannot rest on the orthodox power to foreclose dissent, and they are not supported by the unanimity of bias that passes for objectivity.

  Michael Pare

  Views, Objectivity, Political

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• The mass media are class media.

  Michael Pare

  Media, Class, Political

  "Dirty Truths". Book by Michael Parenti, 1996.

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• Profits are what you make when not working.

  Michael Pare

  Political, Profit

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• Twelve states in the Great Plains have a wind energy potential greater then the electric use of our entire nation.

  Michael Pare

  Wind, Political, Energy

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