Power dynamics Quotes

"The customs of the rich are the laws of the multitude." "Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned." "The bargaining position of the victor always diminishes with time." "People respond to energy, not titles." "The small are always dependent on the great; they are only snobs or prigs or vulgar when they want to force to be as great as they. " "In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility" "History is written by the people" "I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they are running the asylum" "The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution." "Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions" "All oppression creates a state of war" "I have a thing about honesty; I think it's crucial to a relationship. Otherwise, one person holds all the power" "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition" "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral" "Never ask for anything. Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They will make the offer themselves and give everything themselves."