Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling…

The guiding principle of ruling elites was--and still is: When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.

— Michael Pare

[The ruling elites] know who their enemies are, and their enemies are the people, the people at home and the people abroad. Their enemies…

— Michael Parenti

“Bulgakov and Roth understood that there is no real political ideology among decayed ruling elites. Political debate and ideological constructs for these elites are…

— Chris Hedges

“Ruling elites seem to have learned through the generations—consciously or not—that war makes them more secure against internal trouble.”

— Howard Zinn

“Wars were giant parties for the ruling elites, who sometimes thought it might be great fun to make the poor kill each other.”

— Jarett Kobek

“For years many in the oil-rich states argued that their enormous wealth would bring modernizations. They pointed to the impressive appetites of Saudis and…

— Fareed Zakaria

The Lord Jesus sits in heaven, ruling over all, and causing all things to work for his children's good.

— George Whitefield

The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information,…

— Peter Singer

Jesus was the poorest of the poor. Roman Catholicism, which claims to be His church, is the richest of the rich, the wealthiest institution…

— Avro Manhattan

“Madoc makes a snorting sound, then turns to me. 'I am sure that Wren here wouldn't mind taking Lady Nore's castle and lands for…

— Holly Black

David Rockefeller is the most conspicuous representative today of the ruling class, a multinational fraternity of men who shape the global economy and manage…

— Bill Moyers

The earliest language was body language and, since this language is the language of questions, if we limit the questions, and if we only…

— Paulo Freire

Consequently, citizen legislators, rotating back to their communities after a short period of public service—considered an indispensable and routine characteristic and design of representative…

— Anonymous

The flood of photos sweeps away the dams of memory. Never before has a period known so little about itself. In the hands of…

— Siegfried Kracauer

The structure of the Swiss ruling class is rock-hard, and unchanged since the time of Napoleon. They sit on their mountains and lecture the…

— Jean Ziegler