Class Quotes

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What must never be lost sight of is that a public functionary, in his capacity as functionary, produces absolutely nothing; that, on the contrary, he… — Charles Dunoyer
Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working-class movement. It is by no means an obvious remedy for the obvious evil which the… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the 19th… — Alfred Marshall
Tariffs, government contracts, naval and military spending, nationalized industries, tax policy, social welfare, the legal privileging of labor unions were among the means at the… — Ralph Raico
The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself... Some scholars have… — Theda Skocpol
People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the same. It's about… — Meg Whitman
For globalization to work for America, it must work for working people. We should measure the success of our economy by the breadth of our… — John J. Sweeney
The rich buy assets. The poor only have expenses. The middle class buys liabilities they think are assets. The poor and the middle class work… — Robert Kiyosaki
It's important to save your money. We need it for the long haul but too many Americans don't save and don't invest. It used to… — Michael Douglas
When the ability to have movement across social class becomes virtually impossible, I think it is the beginning of the end of a country. And… — Shirley M. Tilghman
Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances, air-conditioning, and suburban housing -… — Maurice Strong
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of… — Anna Julia Cooper
Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils it. And thinking about phasing… — Orlando Patterson
Adam Smith was not the proponent of any one class. He was a slave to his system. His whole economic philosophy stemmed from his unquestioning… — Robert Heilbroner
The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to do. — George Orwell
Technological society leads to increasing numbers of people who cannot adapt to the inhuman rhythm of modern life with its emphasis on specialization. A class… — Jacques Ellul
You can pay for school, but you can't buy class — Jay-Z
Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class. — Al Capone
What is surprising is that their ideological opponents, the Marxists - the anti-liberals, the representatives of the oppressed working classes - believed in progress with… — Immanuel Wallerstein
The second reason why we haven't observed the growing gap is that our historical and social science analyses have concentrated on what has been happening… — Immanuel Wallerstein

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