I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring,… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
By rejecting the authority of the individual and replacing it by the numbers of some momentary mob, the parliamentary principle of majority… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
All the people at university were very aristocratic - except me, because I was on scholarship. And everyone there voluntarily wore suits… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
Though, with the ascendancy of Louis, the political power of the nobles finally came to an end, France remained, in the whole… — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
I was not interested in luxuries because I had an elegant life as a child. My family, very aristocratic, one of the… — Virginia Vallejo Copy Share Image
'A Rogue by Any Other Name' is the first book in the 'Rules of Scoundrels' series, centered on a legendary pre-Victorian casino… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
The Senate was an odd compromise between the founders and the early leaders of the republic who wanted a single house which… — George Packer Copy Share Image
The Aristocratic Institutions of England [had] acted much like the Slavery Institutions of America... [in] demoralis[ing] large classes outside their own special… — John Bright Copy Share Image
Politics of all sorts, I confess, are far beyond my limited powers of comprehension. Those of this country as far as I… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
When we consider the close connection between science and industrial development on the one hand, and between literary and aesthetic cultivation and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
America has been a land of dreams. A land where the aspirations of people from countries cluttered with rich, cumbersome, aristocratic, ideological… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. ... We love the prep… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The parliamentary principle of vesting legislative power in the decision of the majority rejects the authority of the individual and puts a… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“What I have said, and still believe with ever-increasing conviction, is that human society is always, whether it will or no, aristocratic… — José Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“Life’s going to change. You thought it already had? Not nearly as much as it’s going to change now. Everything you disapprove… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Where there is no danger of overt action there is rarely any interference with freedom. That is why there has so often… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
The decay of old aristocratic prejudices against greedy speculation, the undermining of orthodox Christian faith (which forbids avarice)... the debauching of agriculture… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
The aristocratic mind ... is anti-analytical. It is concerned more with the status of being than with the demonstrable relationship of parts. — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
“had set himself to the serious study of the great aristocratic art of doing absolutely nothing.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“...paleness is always looked upon as a strong proof of aristocratic descent and distinguished breeding.” — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
To make Democracy work, you need an aristocratic democracy. To make Aristocracy work, you need a democratic aristocracy. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In this country, some aristocratic families automatically categorize persons with dark skin, thick lips, and kinky hair as "Barias" [Amharic for slave]...… — Mengistu Haile Mariam Copy Share Image
If I could have picked an era to have lived, I think I would've loved to have been one of Louis XIV's… — Katie McGrath Copy Share Image
Five or six hundred [aristocratic] heads lopped off would have assured you repose and happiness; a false humanity has restrained your arm… — Jean-Paul Marat Copy Share Image
Our traditional stories are based on an aristocratic model without a middle class, whereas The Arabian Nights reflect people living in cities,… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
I'm actually as common as mud. I'm not particularly well read, or bred. But the way I look... I seem to have… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
I do keep getting these bad girl roles. The funny thing is that, honestly, I don't think I'm believable as these aristocratic… — Katie McGrath Copy Share Image
Everyone should be taught the nobility of labor, the heroism and splendor of honest effort. As long as it is considered disgraceful… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The prevailing conception is that education must be such as will enable one to acquire enough wealth to live on the plane… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
“even if a gentleman should lose his whole substance, he must never give way to annoyance. Money must be so subservient to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I liked being Doc Holliday. It's fun to be insightful and aristocratic, to stand up for your friend and make sacrifices for… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
![“The Aristocratic Institutions of England [had] acted much like the Slavery Institutions of America... [in] demoralis[ing] large classes outside their own special boundaries... [in producing] a long habit of submission... [and in] enfeebl[ing] by corrupting those who should assail them.” quote by John Bright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/496/john-bright-17156_america_the-aristocratic-institutions-of-england_603886.jpg)
![“In this country, some aristocratic families automatically categorize persons with dark skin, thick lips, and kinky hair as "Barias" [Amharic for slave]... let it be clear to everybody that I shall soon make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!” quote by Mengistu Haile Mariam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0ed/mengistu-haile-mariam-31262_aristocratic_in-this-country-some-aristocratic-famili_2249190.jpg)
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