1,743 Quotes About Class

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.

One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.

She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.

I took the book and glanced at the page Guy was reading. I quoted, ‘The rich man’s substance is the wellspring of the poor man’s living.' Ah yes, that theory, that as the rich grow richer their wealth trickles down to the poor like sand. Well, I have been practising law twenty-five years and all I have seen is it trickle ever upwards.

I could go into their reality any time I chose to, but they could never come into mine. This is what I called 'helping' them.

The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly American cognitive dissonance.

The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs.

For the beautifully attired Crauwels, there could be no greater act of self-harm than dressing like a peasant.