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Todd Gitlin Quotes

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States Picture Quote #1

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define America as a place of the common good and not a playground of the strong Picture Quote #1

The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened Picture Quote #1

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best Picture Quote #1

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions Picture Quote #1

The manufacture of desire isn’t at the heart - if it isn’t absurd to speak of a heart - of the media torrent. Chronic dissatisfaction is at the heart of the matter Picture Quote #1

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Sure, I’ve often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience Picture Quote #1

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state Picture Quote #1

My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics Picture Quote #1

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions Picture Quote #1

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery Picture Quote #1

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it Picture Quote #1

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Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given Picture Quote #1

Today’s global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history Picture Quote #1

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them Picture Quote #1

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t Picture Quote #1

Mills insisted that a sociologist’s proper subject was the intersection of biography and history Picture Quote #1

It’s an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives Picture Quote #1

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I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States (Todd Gitlin Quotes) Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define America as a place of the common good and not a playground of the strong. (Todd Gitlin Quotes) The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened. (Todd Gitlin Quotes) All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best. (Todd Gitlin Quotes) American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions. (Todd Gitlin Quotes) The manufacture of desire isn’t at the heart - if it isn’t absurd to speak of a heart - of the media torrent. Chronic dissatisfaction is at the heart of the matter (Todd Gitlin Quotes) Sure, I’ve often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience (Todd Gitlin Quotes) Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state (Todd Gitlin Quotes) My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics (Todd Gitlin Quotes) American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions (Todd Gitlin Quotes) We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery (Todd Gitlin Quotes) As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it (Todd Gitlin Quotes) Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given (Todd Gitlin Quotes) Today’s global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history (Todd Gitlin Quotes) To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them (Todd Gitlin Quotes) Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t (Todd Gitlin Quotes) Mills insisted that a sociologist’s proper subject was the intersection of biography and history (Todd Gitlin Quotes) It’s an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives (Todd Gitlin Quotes)