Class Quotes

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The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized sl

The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry.

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Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gra

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed -- but never the husband).

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Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the h

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side ;of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are im

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

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Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of th

Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets!

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I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble s

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

Christopher Hampton

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All the world over, I will back the masses against the class

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

William Ewart Gladstone

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A theory of the middle class: that it is not to be determine

A theory of the middle class: that it is not to be determined by its financial situation but rather by its relation to government. That is, one could shade down from an actual ruling or governing class to a class hopelessly out of relation to government, thinking of government as beyond its control, of itself as wholly controlled by government. Somewhere in between and In gradations is the group that has the sense that gov't exists for it, and shapes its consciousness accordingly.

Lionel Trilling

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The most perfect political community must be amongst those w

The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein these are a larger and more respectable part, if possible, than both the other; or, if that cannot be, at least than either of them separate.

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I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts 10:34

I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts 10:34

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The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in

The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.

Albert Einstein

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Theban who acquires his wealth by inheritance builds his man

Theban who acquires his wealth by inheritance builds his mansion with the weak poor's money. The clergyman erects his temple upon the graves and bones of the devoted worshippers. The prince grasps the fellah's arms while the priest empties his pocket; the ruler looks upon the sobs of the fields with frowning face, and the bishop consoles them with his smile, and between the frown of the tiger and the smile of the wolf the flock is perished; the ruler claims himself as king if the law, and the priest as the representative if god, and between these two, the bodies are destroyed and the souls wither into nothing.

Religion Class Khalil The Heretic

If you don't have a policeman to stop traffic and let you wa

If you don't have a policeman to stop traffic and let you walk across the street like you are somebody, how are you going to know you are somebody?

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Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we ha

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.

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Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, wha

Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.

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The worst fault of the working classes is telling their chil

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you.

Sir John Mortimer

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What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of ch

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

James Russell Lowell

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People of quality know everything without ever having learne

People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

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England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It i

England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.

Class Political Ruling Class Sociological

A is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely u

A is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him.

Fear Education Poverty George Orwell Slavery Class Labor Down And Out In Paris And London Hierarchy Leisure Mob