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title: "49 Middle Classes Quotes by 43 authors"
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> [Economic theology is the opiate of the middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/economic-theology-is-the-opiate-of-the-middle-classes/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

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> [Comfort came in with the middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-bell/comfort-came-in-with-the-middle-classes/)

[Clive Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-bell/)

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> [All great men come out of the middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-great-men-come-out-of-the-middle-classes/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Hunger justifies the middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julien-torma/hunger-justifies-the-middle-classes/)

[Julien Torma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julien-torma/)

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> [Left unchecked, climate change risks not only making the poorest poorer, but pulling the emerging middle classes back into poverty, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-polman/left-unchecked-climate-change-risks-not-only-making-the-poorest/)

[Paul Polman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-polman/)

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> [“She is a waitress at his lordships club. My God! The Proletariat! The lower middle classes, sir. Well, yes, by stretching it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-g-wodehouse-3/she-is-a-waitress-at-his-lordships-club-my-god-the-proletariat-the/)

[P G Wodehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-g-wodehouse-3/)

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> [“But progress ought to feed the poor as well as entertain the middle classes, or what good is it?” Remy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-carr/but-progress-ought-to-feed-the-poor-as-well-as-entertain-the-middle/)

Viola Carr

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> [“the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of the middle classes, that occurred in France during the Third Republic and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/the-decline-of-the-aristocracy-and-the-rise-of-the-middle-classes/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-gilbert/bow-bow-ye-lower-middle-classes-bow-bow-ye-tradesmen-bow-ye-masses/)

[W. S. Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-gilbert/)

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> [When we are not extracting wealth from nature, we are extracting it from the working and middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anohni/when-we-are-not-extracting-wealth-from-nature-we-are-extracting-it/)

[Anohni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anohni/)

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> [“The downward pressure on the incomes of the West’s middle classes in the coming years will be relentless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-luce/the-downward-pressure-on-the-incomes-of-the-west-s-middle-classes-in/)

[Edward Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-luce/)

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> [One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/one-marvels-why-the-middle-classes-still-insist-on-so-much-discomfort/)

[E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/)

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> [Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. Thesequalities characterize the middle classes in every country, but in England they are national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-morgan-forster/solidity-caution-integrity-efficiency-lack-of-imagination-hypocrisy/)

Edward Morgan Forster

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> [“We are reverting to the civilization of luggage, and historians of the future will note how the middle classes accreted possessions without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/we-are-reverting-to-the-civilization-of-luggage-and-historians-of-the/)

[E.M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster-2/)

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> [It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/it-s-not-white-versus-black-any-more-it-s-haves-versus-have-nots/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

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> [If the public can't see justice being done, or afford the costs of justice, then the entire system becomes little more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-brooke/if-the-public-can-t-see-justice-being-done-or-afford-the-costs-of/)

[Heather Brooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-brooke/)

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> [“Many philosophers, economists and social scientists saw the middle classes, as the tool to end all class division, with an end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-h-lewis/many-philosophers-economists-and-social-scientists-saw-the-middle/)

Owen H Lewis

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> [It is also very important to observe, that menial servants are absolutely necessary to make the resources of the higher and middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-malthus/it-is-also-very-important-to-observe-that-menial-servants-are/)

[Thomas Malthus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-malthus/)

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> [We're a phenomenally snobby society, and it's such a rich seam. The middle class is so funny: it's the class I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/we-re-a-phenomenally-snobby-society-and-it-s-such-a-rich-seam-the/)

[J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/)

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> [The top end are still making bucket loads while maintaining the illusion of the American dream: that if you work hard enough,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anohni/the-top-end-are-still-making-bucket-loads-while-maintaining-the/)

[Anohni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anohni/)

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> [“The system, in its irrationality, has been driven by profit to build steel skyscrapers for insurance companies while the cities decay, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-system-in-its-irrationality-has-been-driven-by-profit-to-build/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. They have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/hitherto-it-is-questionable-if-all-the-mechanical-inventions-yet-made/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [I think for much of the middle classes, nothing could be more fantastic than to have a contact with fame. But once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-douglas/i-think-for-much-of-the-middle-classes-nothing-could-be-more/)

[Lawrence Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-douglas/)

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> [The second reason why we haven't observed the growing gap is that our historical and social science analyses have concentrated on what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-wallerstein/the-second-reason-why-we-haven-t-observed-the-growing-gap-is-that-our/)

[Immanuel Wallerstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-wallerstein/)

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> [“(Unlike many others around this time, Joyce felt no shame about using the term 'middle class'. In the Chalfen lexicon the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/unlike-many-others-around-this-time-joyce-felt-no-shame-about-using/)

[Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/)

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> [“Politically we feel alienated, rejected, and hopeless. The chasm between the people and their political representatives has widened to a terrifying degree.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-d-alinsky/politically-we-feel-alienated-rejected-and-hopeless-the-chasm-between/)

[Saul D. Alinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-d-alinsky/)

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> [“Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/back-then-things-were-plainer-less-money-no-electronic-devices-little-2/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [“There is no social upheaval that will really affect them. If you’re comfortably middle-class, what’s the worst a government policy could do?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-moran/there-is-no-social-upheaval-that-will-really-affect-them-if-you-re/)

[Caitlin Moran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-moran/)

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> [“I once heard Jerry Yang, the cofounder of Yahoo!, quote a senior Chinese government official as saying, "Where people have hope, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/i-once-heard-jerry-yang-the-cofounder-of-yahoo-quote-a-senior-chinese/)

[Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/)

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> [I've made films about the middle classes because I know them best. Everyone talks about what he knows best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-antonioni/i-ve-made-films-about-the-middle-classes-because-i-know-them-best/)

[Michelangelo Antonioni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo-antonioni/)

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> [BRAZILIFICATION:The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/brazilification-the-widening-gulf-between-the-rich-and-the-poor-and/)

[Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/)

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> [If you read the 'Daily Mail,' you would imagine that the British middle classes lead lives of unremitting misery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-hoggart/if-you-read-the-daily-mail-you-would-imagine-that-the-british-middle/)

[Simon Hoggart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-hoggart/)

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> [Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/capitalism-has-always-been-a-failure-for-the-lower-classes-it-is-now/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [I feel that the single-minded pursuit of wealth has led the middle classes into a crisis,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rana-dasgupta/i-feel-that-the-single-minded-pursuit-of-wealth-has-led-the-middle/)

[Rana Dasgupta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rana-dasgupta/)

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> [I think young children in the Western middle classes are objects of incredible anxiety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-enright/i-think-young-children-in-the-western-middle-classes-are-objects-of/)

[Anne Enright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-enright/)

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> [“None of this, of course, was ever stated: the genteel social Darwinism of the English middle classes always remained implicit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/none-of-this-of-course-was-ever-stated-the-genteel-social-darwinism/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/solidity-caution-integrity-efficiency-lack-of-imagination-hypocrisy-2/)

[E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/)

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> [Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/since-the-day-martin-luther-king-was-killed-the-black-middle-classes/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

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> [“Moreover, it was social democracy and the welfare state that bound the professional and commercial middle classes to liberal institutions in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-judt/moreover-it-was-social-democracy-and-the-welfare-state-that-bound-the/)

[Tony Judt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-judt/)

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> [“The middle classes have a truly extraordinary conception of society. They really believe that human beings . . . have real existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-engels/the-middle-classes-have-a-truly-extraordinary-conception-of-society/)

[Friedrich Engels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-engels/)

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                        "text": "“The system, in its irrationality, has been driven by profit to build steel skyscrapers for insurance companies while the cities decay, to spend billions for weapons of destruction and virtually nothing for children’s playgrounds, to give huge incomes to men who make dangerous or useless things, and very little to artists, musicians, writers, actors. Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes.”",
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                        "text": "“(Unlike many others around this time, Joyce felt no shame about using the term 'middle class'. In the Chalfen lexicon the middle classes were the inheritors of the enlightenment, the creators of the welfare state, the intellectual elite and the source of all culture. Where they got this idea, it's hard to say.)”",
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                        "text": "“Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from our human and filial duty, which was to study, pass exams, use those qualifications to find a job, and then put together a way of life unthreateningly fuller than that of our parents, who would approve, while privately comparing it to their own earlier lives, which had been simpler, and therefore superior. None of this, of course, was ever stated: the genteel social Darwinism of the English middle classes always remained implicit.”",
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                        "text": "“There is no social upheaval that will really affect them. If you’re comfortably middle-class, what’s the worst a government policy could do? Ever? Tax you at 90 per cent and leave your bins, unemptied, on the pavement. But you and everyone you know will continue to drink wine – but maybe cheaper – go on holiday – but somewhere nearer – and pay off your mortgage – although maybe later. ‘Consider, now, then, the poor. What’s the worst a government policy can do to them? It can cancel their operation, with no recourse to private care. It can run down their school – with no escape route to a prep. It can have you out of your house and in a B&B by the end of the year. When the middle-classes get passionate about politics, they’re arguing about their treats – their tax-breaks and their investments. When the poor get passionate about politics, they’re fighting for their lives.”",
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                        "text": "“I once heard Jerry Yang, the cofounder of Yahoo!, quote a senior Chinese government official as saying, \"Where people have hope, you have a middle class.\" I think this is a very useful insight. The existence of large, stable middle classes around the world is crucial to geopolitical stability, but middle class is a state of mind, not a state of income. That's why a majority of Americans always describe themselves as \"middle class,\" even though by income statistics some of them wouldn't be considered as such. \"Middle class\" is another way of describing people who believe that they have a pathway out of poverty or lower-income status toward a higher standard of living and a better future for their kids.”",
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                        "text": "I've made films about the middle classes because I know them best. Everyone talks about what he knows best.",
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                        "text": "BRAZILIFICATION:The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes.",
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                        "text": "If you read the 'Daily Mail,' you would imagine that the British middle classes lead lives of unremitting misery.",
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                        "text": "Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes.",
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