Middle-Class Quotes

111 quotes by 101 authors

In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike… — Barack Obama
In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that… — Barack Obama
You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are… — Barack Obama
I was a communist, but being left-wing was fashionable. I was no different from thousands of middle-class kids. — Miuccia Prada
In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
The biggest start-up successes - from Henry Ford to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg - were pioneered by people from solidly middle-class backgrounds. These founders… — Eric Ries
Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class… — Marco Rubio
In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from… — Salman Rushdie
Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights… — Charles Schumer
Democrats don't relate to middle-class people. — Charles Schumer
We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are… — Charles Schumer
I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality. — George Bernard Shaw
What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so… — Charlie Sheen
Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal. — Benjamin Spock
It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving… — Tom Vilsack
I'm a nice middle-class girl in real life, and I'm a mom and a grandma, and I usually play sweet characters. — Jacki Weaver
I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations. — Orson Welles
Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices between trimming entitlements… — George Will
I grew up in the suburbs, a calm suburb, without tension, with working-class and middle-class people mixed together. — Unknown Author

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