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C. Wright Mills Quotes: "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 Quotes: "The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. This is its task and its promise."

The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. This is its task and its promise.




C. Wright Mills Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm."

Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.




C. Wright Mills Quotes: "Here's to the day when the complete works of Leon Trotsky are published and widely distributed in the Soviet Union. On that day the USSR will have achieved democracy!"

Here's to the day when the complete works of Leon Trotsky are published and widely distributed in the Soviet Union. On that day the USSR will have achieved democracy!



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real."

Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose."

To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose.




C. Wright Mills Quotes: "If you do not specify and confront real issues, what you say will surely obscure them. If you do not embody controversy, what you say will be an acceptance of the drift to the coming human hell."

If you do not specify and confront real issues, what you say will surely obscure them. If you do not embody controversy, what you say will be an acceptance of the drift to the coming human hell.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?"

Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "Let every man be his own methodologist, let every man be his own theorist"

Let every man be his own methodologist, let every man be his own theorist



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "Prestige is the shadow of money and power."

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "I try to be objective. I do not claim to be detached."

I try to be objective. I do not claim to be detached.




C. Wright Mills Quotes: "History is the shank of the social sciences."

History is the shank of the social sciences.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "The principal cause of war is war itself."

The principal cause of war is war itself.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "Fate has to do with events in history that are the summary and unintended results of innumerable decisions of innumerable men."

Fate has to do with events in history that are the summary and unintended results of innumerable decisions of innumerable men.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles."

The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "To accept opinions is to gain the good solid feeling of being correct without having to think."

To accept opinions is to gain the good solid feeling of being correct without having to think.



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 Quotes: "My plans have always exceeded my capacities and energies"

My plans have always exceeded my capacities and energies



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "The immediate cause of World War III is the military preparation of it."

The immediate cause of World War III is the military preparation of it.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "Each day men sell little pieces if themselves in order to try to buy then back each night and weekend."

Each day men sell little pieces if themselves in order to try to buy then back each night and weekend.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub."

America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "The means of effective communication are being expropriated from the intellectual worker."

The means of effective communication are being expropriated from the intellectual worker.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence."

All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values."

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages."

People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "Much work is merely a way to make money; much leisure is merely a way to spend it."

Much work is merely a way to make money; much leisure is merely a way to spend it.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "According to your belief [Christian clergy], my kind of man — secular, prideful, agnostic and all the rest of it — is among the damned. I'm on my own. You've got your God."

According to your belief [Christian clergy], my kind of man — secular, prideful, agnostic and all the rest of it — is among the damned. I'm on my own. You've got your God.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "[O]ne could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive."

[O]ne could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "As a proportion of the labor force, fewer individuals manipulate things, more handle people and symbols."

As a proportion of the labor force, fewer individuals manipulate things, more handle people and symbols.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "IBM Plus Reality Plus Humanism = Sociology."

IBM Plus Reality Plus Humanism = Sociology.



C. Wright Mills Quotes: "P6-the sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within sociey."

P6-the sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within sociey.