For those parents from lower-class and minority communities[who] have had minimal experience in negotiating dominant, external institutions or have had negative and… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
“Honey, it isn’t democracy that runs this country. Capitalism rules. It does no good to reason with the capitalists or their politicians.… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
“He says that there can be no high civilization without enslavement of the masses, either nominal or real. There must, he says,… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
When Ling was communicating to any person the signs by which messengers might find him, he was compelled to add, "the neighbourhood… — Ernest Bramah Copy Share Image
Conservatism, being an upper-class characteristic, is decorous; and conversely, innovation, being a lower-class phenomenon, is vulgar. ...Innovation is bad form. — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
“And I do, in fact, know how to read.” I look to Fain. “Are you familiar with The Realm Apothecarium?” “Y-yes, of… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class. — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
The lower classes of men, though they do not think it worthwhile to record what they perceive, nevertheless perceive everything that is… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“What is key to America's understanding of class is the persistent belief - despite all evidence to the contrary - that anyone,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Blair Waldorf: Signs are for the religious, superstitious, and lower class. — Gossip Girl Copy Share Image
Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The ruling class is opposed to the lower class—that is, ‘closed’ to the outside—insofar as it ‘excludes, restricts, or makes admission conditional.’… — Franz Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn't read, and their rulers didn't… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate wherever the Government assumes a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
This awful concept of underclass is really horrifying. You're not lower class, you are excluded - outside. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I figured, I am a product of the opportunity the country provided, and I understand the challenges of the middle class and… — Ricardo Sanchez Copy Share Image
When I was just 13, we went from being middle class to lower middle class and finally lower class, as someone close… — Nana Patekar Copy Share Image
Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
The anger from Occupy Wall Street is coming from this simple fact: America no longer seems to be a place where you… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope… — Confucius Copy Share Image
There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among… — William Bligh Copy Share Image