Middle Class Quotes

621 Middle Class quotes by 431 unique authors

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions. — Faye Wattleton
Our movement took a grip on cowardly Marxism and from it extracted the meaning of socialism. It also took from the cowardly middle-class parties their… — Hermann Goring
It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the… — Terry Eagleton
In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it's as if they don't… — Stephen L. Carter
The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath. — Constance Baker Motley
The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor. — Constance Baker Motley
In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest -- usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation… — John Millington Synge
I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest… — Matt Damon
I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people. — James Ellroy
I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story. — Chris Martin
I think it's part of being English, particularly if you are middle-class - you're always looking to be reminded that you are no good and… — Chris Martin
Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way! — Annette Bening
My family was blue collar, a middle-class kind of thing. My father was born in Detroit, Italian-American. My mother is English. She acted on the… — Lorraine Bracco
My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in a middle-class suburb.… — Kid Cudi
I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was… — Elliott Abrams
In the States everyone aspires to be middle class. It's so engrained into the American psyche: As long as you work hard you're going to… — Nigel Cole
Wall Street shouldn't be deregulated. I think Wall Street and Main Street need to play by the same set of rules. The middle-class can't carry… — Stephanie Cutter
A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world. — Lincoln Chafee
When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class was destroyed, which led directly to the rise of the… — Nick Clooney
I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual compared to most… — Jeff Dunham

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