Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
C. Wright Mills
Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.
C. Wright Mills
Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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.
C. Wright Mills
People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
C. Wright Mills
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
C. Wright Mills
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