Better Quote by Alissa Quart

We live in this era that has benefited from the Industrial Revolution, and we live with a kind of luxury and plenty that even…

— David Liss

Aristocrats need not be rich, but they must be free, and in the modern world freedom grows rarer the more we prate about it.

— Robertson Davies

“At this point, a social flaw that always existed with regard to the [Roman] aristocrats in their townhouses became more evident. No longer finding…

— Norman F. Cantor

The aristocracy most widely developed in America is that of wealth.

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also…

— Harold Macmillan

“life closely track your income: residents of wealthy districts can expect to live longer and better.”

— Tony Judt

Americans, unknowingly, live part of every day in the house that Satch built.

— Leonard Feather

Most Americans think that the typical low - income family lives in public housing or gets housing assistance. The opposite is true.

— Matthew Desmond

The suburbs are the American dream, right? Living in a nice house, having a good job, a happy family.

— Cheryl Hines

Many social critics wag their fingers at what they perceive to be frivolous luxury spending. But that misses the point that consumption norms are…

— Robert H. Frank

Wherever the appearance of a conventional aristocracy exists in America, it must arise from wealth, as it cannot from birth. An aristocracy of mere…

— Harriet Martineau

Lets make no mistake about this: The American Dream starts with the neigborhoods. If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild…

— Harvey Milk