--- title: "10 Ruling Group Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 10 Ruling Group quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Ruling Group sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/bertolt-brecht-1065_allies_for-art-to-be-unpolitical-means-only-to_2441131.jpg" --- > [For art to be 'unpolitical' means only to ally itself with the 'ruling' group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertolt-brecht/for-art-to-be-unpolitical-means-only-to-ally-itself-with-the-ruling/) [Bertolt Brecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertolt-brecht/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/bertolt-brecht-1065_allies_for-art-to-be-unpolitical-means-only-to_2441131.jpg) > [“In our own day they are not fighting against one another at all. The war is waged by each ruling group against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/in-our-own-day-they-are-not-fighting-against-one-another-at-all-the/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/george-orwell-57_peace_in-our-own-day-they-are-not-fighting-aga_3137420.jpg) > [I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson/i-think-you-will-find-scientists-that-think-like-you-in-germany-and/) [E. P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/e-p-thompson-27932_britain_i-think-you-will-find-scientists-that-th_1726514.png) > [“The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-war-is-waged-by-each-ruling-group-against-its-own-subjects-and/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/george-orwell-57_peace_the-war-is-waged-by-each-ruling-group-ag_2861782.jpg) > [But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this. There are only four ways in which a ruling group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/but-the-problems-of-perpetuating-a-hierarchical-society-go-deeper/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/george-orwell-57_deeper_but-the-problems-of-perpetuating-a-hiera_1706853.jpg) > [The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-essence-of-oligarchical-rule-is-not-father-to-son-inheritance-but-2/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/george-orwell-57_certain_the-essence-of-oligarchical-rule-is-not_2314903.jpg) > [“There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power. Either it is conquered from without, or it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/there-are-only-four-ways-in-which-a-ruling-group-can-fall-from-power/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/george-orwell-57_1984_there-are-only-four-ways-in-which-a-ruli_1392594.jpg) > [“War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/war-it-will-be-seen-is-now-a-purely-internal-affair-in-the-past-the/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/george-orwell-57_peace_war-it-will-be-seen-is-now-a-purely-inte_2418805.jpg) > [The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-essence-of-oligarchical-rule-is-not-father-to-son-inheritance-but-3/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/george-orwell-57_certain_the-essence-of-oligarchical-rule-is-not_2827029.jpg) > [“The little boats cannot make much difference to the welfare of Gaza either way, since the materials being shipped are in such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/the-little-boats-cannot-make-much-difference-to-the-welfare-of-gaza/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/christopher-hitchens-117_activism_the-little-boats-cannot-make-much-differ_2039526.jpg) ## Top authors on Ruling Group - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruling-group/george-orwell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ruling-group/#itemlist", "name": "Ruling Group Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For art to be 'unpolitical' means only to ally itself with the 'ruling' group.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertolt Brecht" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertolt-brecht/for-art-to-be-unpolitical-means-only-to-ally-itself-with-the-ruling/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/bertolt-brecht-1065_allies_for-art-to-be-unpolitical-means-only-to_2441131.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/bertolt-brecht-1065_allies_for-art-to-be-unpolitical-means-only-to_2441131.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/bertolt-brecht-1065_allies_for-art-to-be-unpolitical-means-only-to_2441131.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For art to be 'unpolitical' means only to ally itself with the 'ruling' group.” — Bertolt Brecht", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In our own day they are not fighting against one another at all. 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The chief significance of the enterprise is therefore symbolic. And the symbolism, when examined even cursorily, doesn't seem too adorable. The intended beneficiary of the stunt is a ruling group with close ties to two of the most retrograde dictatorships in the Middle East, each of which has recently been up to its elbows in the blood of its own civilians. The same group also manages to maintain warm relations with, or at the very least to make cordial remarks about, both Hezbollah and al-Qaida. Meanwhile, a document that was once accurately described as a 'warrant for genocide' forms part of the declared political platform of the aforesaid group. 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