Every Revolution Has Its Counterrevolution - That

When White-collar People Get Jobs, They Sell Not Only Their Time And Energy, But Their Personalities As Well. They Sell By The Week, Or Month, Their Smiles And Their Kindly Gestures, And They Must Practice That Prompt Repression Of Resentment And Aggression.

Above All, Do Not Give Up Your Moral And Political Autonomy By Accepting In Somebody Else's Terms The Illiberal Practicality Of The Bureaucratic Ethos Or The Liberal Practicality Of The Moral Scatter. Know That Many Personal Troubles Cannot Be Solved Merely As Troubles, But Must Be Understood In Terms Of Public Issues And In Terms Of The Problems Of History Making.

To Overcome The Academic Prose You Have First To Overcome The Academic Pose.

The Sociological Imagination Enables Us To Grasp History And Biography And The Relations Between The Two Within Society. This Is Its Task And Its Promise.

What One Side Considers A Defense The Other Considers A Threat. In The Vortex Of The Struggle, Each Is Trapped By His Own Fearful Outlook And By His Fear Of The Other; Each Moves And Is Moved Within A Circle Both Vicious And Lethal.