Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
Marion J. Levy Jr.

Born: December 12, 1918
Died: May 26, 2002 (aged 83)
Bio: Marion Joseph Levy Jr. was an American sociologist noted for his work on modernization theory.
Known for:
- Modernization and the structure of societies (1966)
- Maternal influence (1989)
- Our mother-tempers (1989)
- The structure of society (1952)
- Modernization: Latecomers and Survivors (1972)







