Care Quote by Anand Neelakantan

The ruling class is the rich. . . . And those people are so able to manipulate our democracy that they really control the democracy.

— Walter Cronkite

For most of history, almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.

— Marco Rubio

The vast majority of the rich in this country did not inherit their wealth; they earned it. They are the country's achievers, producers, and…

— Rush Limbaugh

The kingdoms' people were at the mercy of the natures of those who rose to be their rulers. It was a gamble, and the…

— Kristin Cashore

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Aristocracy: government by the badly educated.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one or the…

— Aristotle

“the term “middle class” concealed a fact long true about this country, that, as Richard Hofstadter said: “It was . . . a middle-class…

— Howard Zinn

Ah, if the rich were rich as the poor fancy riches.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The very poor could not be counted on to support the government. They were like the slaves and Indians—invisible most of the time, but…

— Howard Zinn

But that's not how most of the people mentioned in this book became wealthy. Most of them became wealthy by being well connected and…

— Charles Ferguson

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority…

— Aristotle