Middle Class Quotes

621 quotes by 435 authors

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose the last remnants of my… — Peter Ackroyd
I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the… — Tammy Baldwin
You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am. — Joe Biden
'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion… — Joe Biden
My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together,… — Lewis Black
You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor. — Michael Bloomberg
The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly… — Julian Bond
They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class. — H. Rap Brown
If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think… — Warren Buffett
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 by… — Abdallah II
In my generation, except for a few people who'd gone into banking or nursing or something like that, middle-class women didn't have careers. You were… — Julia Child
Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless… — William J. Clinton
If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and… — William J. Clinton
If it wasn't for hustlers, gangsters & gamblers there'd be no Jazz. Wasn't middle~class who said Let's go hear Bird tonight. — Betty Carter
When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the blacks were still… — Jonathan Lethem
"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not unlovingly put to me by… — John Updike
Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds… — Eli Broad
Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich,… — Kathleen Blanco
I was born into no true class and it was my decision early in life to insinuate myself into the middle class like a spy… — John Cheever

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