Top 12 Quotes by Michael Pare

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Michael Pare

Political, May, Surprise

Conservative pundits have a remarkable amount of free speech.

Michael Pare

Political, Speech, Conservative

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