Beneficiaries Quote by Barbara Ehrenreich

No reform ever came from the bottom, and it was always people who understood how the ruling class worked who turned out to be…

— Gore Vidal

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.

— Faye Wattleton

The lunatic fringe in all reform movements.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to…

— George Orwell

Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!

— Malcolm X

Progressive policies implemented since the early 1900s launched America into the modern age and created a vibrant middle class.

— Keith Ellison

...the transition from capitalism to Socialism and the liberation of the working class from the yoke of capitalism cannot be effected by slow changes,…

— J. Stalin

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

— Theodore Roosevelt

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always…

— Susan George

Prior to 1940, the affluent and the middle class began to converge, but after 1979, the economic gap between the middle class and affluent widened significantly.

— William Julius Wilson

Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a…

— Samantha Power

Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say…

— Anonymous