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title: "17 Political Elite Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Political Elite quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Political Elite sayings and thoughts."
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> [The political elite prefers to see criminals as victims in need of therapy and TLC.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munira-mirza/the-political-elite-prefers-to-see-criminals-as-victims-in-need-of/)

[Munira Mirza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/munira-mirza/)

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> [No, most of our political elite has not realized that the world is flat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/no-most-of-our-political-elite-has-not-realized-that-the-world-is-flat/)

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

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> [There is an element of delusional obsession in the French political elite's preoccupation with the notion that France is still a global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/there-is-an-element-of-delusional-obsession-in-the-french-political/)

[Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/)

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> [If the business community and political elite want to go to war they find it easy to mobilize domestic consent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-the-business-community-and-political-elite-want-to-go-to-war-they/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/persuading-the-people-to-vote-against-their-own-best-interests-has/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [It's this mingling of the economic and political elite which is really destroying our democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/it-s-this-mingling-of-the-economic-and-political-elite-which-is/)

[Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/)

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> [I think we are just so far away from the political elite. Whether you are on one side or the other, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump-jr/i-think-we-are-just-so-far-away-from-the-political-elite-whether-you/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/donald-trump-jr-9382_elite_i-think-we-are-just-so-far-away-from-the_1872912.png)

> [The worst country I ever lived in, the old U.S.S.R., was crammed with privileges for the political elite. They had their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hitchens/the-worst-country-i-ever-lived-in-the-old-u-s-s-r-was-crammed-with/)

[Peter Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hitchens/)

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> [The New Labour political elite has long conspired to secure a so-called 'smooth transition' for Blair's successor. This would amount to little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcdonnell/the-new-labour-political-elite-has-long-conspired-to-secure-a-so/)

[John McDonnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcdonnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/179/john-mcdonnell-5730_elite_the-new-labour-political-elite-has-long_405323.jpg)

> [People are starting to notice the great divide. The Tea party sees the aloofness in a political elite that thinks it knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-murray/people-are-starting-to-notice-the-great-divide-the-tea-party-sees-the/)

[Charles Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-murray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/charles-murray-6573_america_people-are-starting-to-notice-the-great_28095.jpg)

> [I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/youssou-n-dour/i-look-at-my-people-and-i-look-at-those-who-control-them-the/)

[Youssou N'Dour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/youssou-n-dour/)

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> [Leftism has influenced the literary, academic, media, and, therefore, the political elite far more than any other religion. It has taken over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/leftism-has-influenced-the-literary-academic-media-and-therefore-the/)

[Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/)

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> [There has to be - you know, this is like what I think Americans really have trouble with, an economy that's working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/there-has-to-be-you-know-this-is-like-what-i-think-americans-really/)

[Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/)

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> [“One leitmotif in the biblical law codes is an attempt to restructure society in such a way that the exploitative role of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/one-leitmotif-in-the-biblical-law-codes-is-an-attempt-to-restructure/)

[Joshua A. Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-a-berman/)

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> [I think what gives me hope is I have the sense that the people of Kenya have turned the page. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/i-think-what-gives-me-hope-is-i-have-the-sense-that-the-people-of/)

[Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/)

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> [This is sort of the epitome of the economic elite that is converging with a political elite. It's not only the banks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/this-is-sort-of-the-epitome-of-the-economic-elite-that-is-converging/)

[Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/jill-stein-660_action_this-is-sort-of-the-epitome-of-the-econo_1947713.jpg)

> [“In understanding the collapse of the ERM, however, what is important is that to subordinate domestic (that is, national) economic considerations to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-connolly/in-understanding-the-collapse-of-the-erm-however-what-is-important-is/)

[Bernard Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-connolly/)

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