“If you want to change the system, change the system. It's no good shooting people.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Playboy interview (1980)
“The problem with conformists will always be that when you try to change the system from within, it's not you who changes the system. It's the system that will eventually change you”
The Poverty of Philosophy
Albums, Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)
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Starhawk (1951) American author, activist and Neopagan
Toward an Activist Spirituality (2003)
Context: Systems don't change easily. Systems try to maintain themselves, and seek equilibrium. To change a system, you need to shake it up, disrupt the equilibrium. That often requires conflict.
To me, conflict is a deeply spiritual place. It's the high-energy place where power meets power, where change and transformation can occur.
“But that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you.”
Michael Pollan book The Omnivore's Dilemma
Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Robert Gilpin (1930–2018) Political scientist
p, 125
War and Change in World Politics (1981)
“As one individual changes, the system changes.”
Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
Arthur D. Hall (1925–2006) American electrical engineer
Source: A methodology for systems engineering, 1962, p. 61 cited in: Clute, Whitehead & Reid (1967) Progressive architecture. Vol.48, Nr. 7-9. p. 106
Barry Hines (1939–2016) British author
Barry Hines 1970 interview
“If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy… If you want a shot at changing it, join me.”
Angus King (1944) United States Senator from Maine
As quoted in Why Angus King is the most important Senate candidate in the country" by Aaron Blake in The Washington Post (6 March 2012) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-angus-king-is-the-most-important-senate-candidate-in-the-country/2012/03/06/gIQANf7DvR_blog.html
“One's got to change the system, or one changes nothing.”
George Orwell book Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Source: Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936), Ch. 10