Character Quote by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have become incapable…

— Charles Dickens

“fundamental to the concept of an elite is the idea that its members must merit their status in the judgment of others and that…

— Thomas R. Martin

“Moved by the need for control, for an unchallenged top tier, the power elite in American history has thrived by placating the vulnerable and…

— Nancy Isenberg

It's good to bear in mind that like it or not, enlightenment has always been, even in a golden age, pretty much limited to…

— Tom Robbins

It's very un-American to say nice things about elites. Elites are often terrible. It's not like we've ever had a perfect set of benevolent…

— Franklin Foer

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded…

— Lascelles Abercrombie

Elites are inevitable in politics. That is how politics is going to work. The question is, are your elites responsible, public-spirited? Do they think…

— David Frum

In a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in it all…

— Noam Chomsky

I think it is time for a new pride in the intellectual life, and a new impatience with people who take pride in ignorance,…

— George Saunders

“The more equal a society, the greater the trust. And it is not just a question of income: where people have similar lives and…

— Tony Judt

Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral.

— John Hurt

A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men…

— C. Wright Mills