Quotes About Dominance

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

We humans always seem to take a manipulative posture. No matter what the particulars of the situation, or the subject matter, we prepare ourselves to say whatever we want in order to prevail in the conversation. Each of us seeks to find some way to control and thus to remain on top in the encounter. If we are successful, or our viewpoint prevails, then rather than feel weak, we receive a psychological boost.

By downplaying covert and illegal acts by the government, textbook authors narcotize students from thinking about such issues as the increasing dominance and secrecy of the executive branch. By taking the government's side, textbooks encourage students to conclude that criticism is incompatible with citizenship.

He ended his description of them with these menacing words: "I could conquer the whole of them with fifty men and govern them as I pleased.

Jonathan Kozol is of this school when he writes, "School is in business to produce reliable people."17 Paulo Freire of Brazil puts it this way: "It would be extremely naïve to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to perceive social injustices critically."18 Henry Giroux, Freire's leading disciple

The history of a nation is, unfortunately, too easily written as the history of its dominant class. —KWAME NKRUMAH

There is no gene for genocide. Ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and our desire for social dominance are tendencies, not triggers that lead to mechanical causation or reflex action.

There is exquisite pleasure in subduing an insolent spirit, in making a person pre-determined to dislike, acknowledge one's superiority.

Ever since her being turned into a Churchill, she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims.

Societies only seem stable when they are ruled over by an autocratic government.

I want what's mine. And you wife, are mine.

I've experienced having you in the house. It's like living with a loud motor running all the time. Up, down, into this room and that room, eating supper, jumping from the table, cursing all the time, yelling over the telephone about things, laughing, making deals all the time. You take up a lot of space and make a lot of noise." She

She said, "Some are born bossy, some achieve bossiness, and some have bossiness thrust upon them.

I worry whoever thought up the term 'quality control' thought if we didn't control it, it would get out of hand.

I don't need handcuffs to enslave a woman. -Ranger to Stephanie

It's not the pizza, darlin', its my masculine presence. Joe Morelli

Life is about survival of the fittest, and Jersey is producing the master race.

The 21st century will be quite unlike the preceding two centuries, in which power was located in Europe and the U.S., and the rest of the world consisted of mere supplicants and bit players.

Manchester City seems to have unlimited spending restraint and are attempting to have all-star quality at each position - two deep. That will be hard to beat.

Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world.

U.S. power flows from our unmatched military might, yes. But in a deeper way, it's a product of the dominance of the U.S. economy.

Pound for pound, I'm unmatched.

When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

I think we're in an era of unprecedented dominance by corporations. I think people understand that deeply; I don't think that's even questioned.