Aristocracy Quotes

225 Aristocracy quotes by 102 unique authors

Aristocracy is always cruel. — Wendell Phillips
A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the… — Thomas Hobbes
I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch… — Andrew Jackson
The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of special privilege of… — Henry George
All men agree that a just distribution must be according to merit in some sense; they do not all specify the same sort of merit,… — Aristotle
Since nature does not endow all men with equal beauty or equal intelligence, and the faculty of volition leads men to make different choices, the… — Ayn Rand
Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers. — Josiah Strong
The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern… — John Desmond Bernal
The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place. — Richard P. Bland
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity… — Ralph Adams Cram
In revolt against this new and very evil thing came the republicanism of the eighteenth century, inspired and directed in large measure by members of… — Ralph Adams Cram
Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on - what will a… — Bob Saget
I have three kids, the oldest is 18 and her friends are going to see it The Aristocrats because they told her they're going to… — Bob Saget
The aristocracy are not the farmers who work the land, and raise the produce, but are the mere consumers of the rent; and when compared… — Thomas Paine
No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles,… — Henry James
I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated. — Paloma Faith
I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts. — Oliver Goldsmith
Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies.Aristocracy with the meaning - the best are ruling.Peoples do never govern themselves. That lunacy was… — Joseph Goebbels
You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in ''the people.'' One class is no better than another. It must be a case… — D. H. Lawrence
Piety, like nobility, has its aristocracy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a priveleged class, an aristocracy, is but… — Mark Twain
Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Lords are lordliest in their wine. — John Milton
There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard.… — Nelson DeMille
Where position is felt to be a birthright, generosity is possible (though not guaranteed); flexibility is not inhibited by a commitment to perpetual success. — Henry A. Kissinger

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