Circles Quote by C. Wright Mills

It's very difficult, historically, to define what an elite is. But whatever it is, people are very angry at that idea, I think, not…

— Victor Davis Hanson

What I am asserting is that in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an elite of…

— C. Wright Mills

What they [ ruling elite] understand is that matters of desire, subjectivities, identities matter. And they take the cultural apparatuses that they control enormously,…

— Henry Giroux

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

— Maggie Gallagher

I think there are different kinds of elites. I think there are venal elites, and self-interested elites, and selfish elites, and I think there…

— Thomas Friedman

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence.

— James Bryant Conant

Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules - and…

— Winnie Byanyima

There's a lingering notion that elites continue to lead, and the masses will follow. This historic model of influence was predicated on the belief…

— Richard Edelman

I believe, in America, we're a nation of people that are self-governors. This idea that only a chosen few elites have the ability to…

— Kane

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.

— James Bryant Conant

Everyone has the impulse to be elite.

— Alfre Woodard

Roughly speaking, I think it's accurate to say that a corporate elite of managers and owners governs the economy and the political system as…

— Noam Chomsky