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.
More Quotes by C. Wright Mills
Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.
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.
People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
The principal cause of war is war itself.