You see there are people who believe the function of the police is to fight crime, and that's not true, the function of the police is social control …

- Michael Parenti

A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to the privileged…

- Michael Parenti

The dirty truth is that the rich are the great cause of poverty.

- Michael Parenti

The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, gi…

- Michael Parenti

Apathy's a problem but who cares?

- Michael Parenti

In societies that worship money and success, the losers become objects of scorn. Those who work the hardest for the least are called lazy. Those forc…

- Michael Parenti

The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks,…

- Michael Parenti

When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.

- Michael Parenti

The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishme…

- Michael Parenti