Author: C. Wright Mills

Quotes

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.

- C. Wright Mills

The principal cause of war is war itself.

The principal cause of war is war itself.

- C. Wright Mills

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.

- C. Wright Mills

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited.

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited.

- C. Wright Mills

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