Real Power Quotes

“Simply because one is Black or Latino or lesbian or gay or whatever does not guarantee the person’s fidelity to a body of politics that empowers the particular constituency that they supposedly represent. The number of black elected officials has risen from 100 in 1964 to more than 9000 today. The number of African Americans who were in congress 30 years ago was about five; today it is over 40, an 800 percent increase. But have Blacks experienced an 800 percent increase in real power? It hasn’t happened. So, I think the emphasis of this liberal notion of social change by working solely within the established electoral system is just fatally flawed.”
― Manning Marable

“The student asked: Master, you always talk to me about real power, but you don't tell me what it is! What is real power? The master replied: The real power is not getting to the top that you so desperately want to get to, but having the strength to let go of that top without blinking an eye!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan