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title: "17 Class America Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Class America quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Class America sayings and thoughts."
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> [A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-chafee/a-strong-educated-middle-class-is-what-made-america-the-greatest/)

[Lincoln Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-chafee/)

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> [The middle class in America has been devastated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/the-middle-class-in-america-has-been-devastated/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/redd-foxx/i-m-convinced-that-sanford-and-son-shows-middle-class-america-a-lot/)

[Redd Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/redd-foxx/)

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> [As I've said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bob-briggs/as-i-ve-said-many-times-the-single-most-oppressed-class-in-america/)

[Joe Bob Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bob-briggs/)

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> [That which in England we call the middle class is in America virtually the nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/that-which-in-england-we-call-the-middle-class-is-in-america/)

[Matthew Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-arnold/)

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> [The middle class in America is at a tipping point. It will not last another generation if we don't boldly change course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/the-middle-class-in-america-is-at-a-tipping-point-it-will-not-last/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [“The middle class of America must pay some federal income taxes or this will no longer be America.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-coyle/the-middle-class-of-america-must-pay-some-federal-income-taxes-or/)

[Frank Coyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-coyle/)

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> [I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanilla-ice/i-turned-a-lot-of-people-in-white-america-and-not-just-white-america/)

[Vanilla Ice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanilla-ice/)

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> [A more or less accurate measure of class in America is TV size: the bigger your TV, the lower your class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fussell/a-more-or-less-accurate-measure-of-class-in-america-is-tv-size-the/)

[Paul Fussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fussell/)

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> [“Mamaw apparently understood what would take me another twenty years to learn: that social class in America isn’t just about money. And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance/mamaw-apparently-understood-what-would-take-me-another-twenty-years/)

[J.D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance/)

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> [There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-chang/there-isn-t-much-discussion-of-ruling-class-in-america-even-in-boston/)

[Iris Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-chang/)

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> [The black middle-class in America is a prosperous community that is now larger in absolute terms than the black underclass. Does its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-horowitz/the-black-middle-class-in-america-is-a-prosperous-community-that-is/)

[David Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-horowitz/)

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> [There is a forgotten black middle class in America - a group which is huge but underrepresented in the media and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/there-is-a-forgotten-black-middle-class-in-america-a-group-which-is/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

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> [I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know. The show doesn't drive home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/redd-foxx/i-m-convinced-that-sanford-and-son-shows-middle-class-america-a-lot-2/)

[Redd Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/redd-foxx/)

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> [We used to call the 1% the ruling class, but America's never felt comfortable using that terminology. It was taboo to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/we-used-to-call-the-1-the-ruling-class-but-america-s-never-felt/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

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> [“What these men represented was not 'The West' but what was for this century a relatively new kind of monied class in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/what-these-men-represented-was-not-the-west-but-what-was-for-this/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

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> [There is a middle class in America for only one reason: organized labor. If not for organized labor, where would you find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/there-is-a-middle-class-in-america-for-only-one-reason-organized/)

[Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/)

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