“Those in authority within institutions and social structures attempt to justify their rule by linking it, as if it were a necessary consequence, with moral symbols, sacred emblems, or legal formulae which are widely believed and deeply internalized. These central conceptions may refer to a god or gods, the 'votes of the majority,' the 'will of the people,' the 'aristocracy of talents or wealth,' to the 'divine right of kings' or to the alleged extraordinary endowment of the person of the ruler himself.” PeopleIfsMayPersonsSocialWealthMoralTalentDivineKingsAuthorityConsequenceVoteInstitutionsSacredMajorityStructureExtraordinarySymbolsJustifyConceptionRulersAristocracyEndowmentEmblemsSocial StructureDivine RightDivine Right Of Kings Author:C. Wright Mills
“If we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools and theatres; but a city without a temple, or that practiseth not worship, prayer, and the like, no one ever saw.” IfsWorldSchoolReligionWealthPrayerCitiesSawsWallKingsWorshipLettersTheatreTemplesCoinsTraverse Author:Plutarch
“Even if you must have regard to wealth, in order to secure leisure, yet it is surely a bad thing that the greatest offices, such as those of kings and generals, should be bought. The law which allows this abuse makes wealth of more account than virtue, and the whole state becomes avaricious.” IfsShouldStatesWholeLawOrderWealthJusticeVirtueKingsOfficeAbuseAccountsRegardSecureBad ThingsLeisure Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle
“There is a war going on. All talk of a Christian's right to live luxuriously "as a child of the King" in this atmosphere sounds hollow - especially since the King himself is stripped for battle.” ChildrenWarChristianSoundWealthKingsBattleAtmosphereHollow Author:John Piper
“I always read the Latin American writers. I love so many of them: Gabriel García Márquez, José Donoso, Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges, Clarice Lispector. I also love a lot of American experimental writers and surrealist European writers. But perhaps The Persian Book of Kings was the greatest influence - I encourage people to look at it. There is such a wealth of incredible stories.” PeopleLooksBookStoriesWealthInfluenceKingsIncrediblesLatinLatin AmericaPersianGabrielAmerican WriterBorgesLatin AmericanSurrealist Author:Porochista Khakpour
“It's clear that he was incredibly courageous in his critique of white supremacy, wealth inequality, and imperial power as it relates to war in particular. But it's easy to deodorize Martin King, to sanitize or sterilize him. And I simply want to reveal his radical love and his radical analysis as what they really were.” WantWarEasyWealthWhiteClearParticularKingsInequalityRadicalRelateAnalysisCourageousWhite SupremacyCritiqueSupremacyWealth Inequality Author:Cornel West
“Martin Luther King was a radical democrat, by which I mean someone who is a foe of wealth inequality.” MeanWealthKingsDemocratInequalityRadicalFoeLutherWealth Inequality Author:Cornel West
“Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.” WealthKingsFilledProsperityGod LoveCompareAntsEmperorDominionGod's Love Author:Guru Nanak
“The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden, His harp shall be restrung, His halls shall echo golden To songs of yore re-sung. The woods shall wave on mountains. And grass beneath the sun; His wealth shall flow in fountains And the rivers golden run. The streams shall run in gladness, The lakes shall shine and burn, And sorrow fail and sadness At the Mountain-king’s return!” RunningSongWealthLordSunFailingSadnessFailureReturnKingsSorrowMountainFlowRiversStonesShiningWaveWoodsGoldenGrassStreamsLakesSilverHallsCrownsEchoesFountainGladnessHarps Author:J. R. R. Tolkien