Social Class Quotes

33 quotes by 31 authors

...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force. — Albert Einstein
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
This movie came as a reaction to reality. I realized that I do not know that 80 of the population that lives poor in my… — Jonathan Jakubowicz
There is a close connection between socio-political development, the struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the… — Kwame Nkrumah
When we speak for the poor, please note that we do not take sides with one social class. What we do is invite all social… — Oscar Romero
Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at workâ€”the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of… — Richard Florida
We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to refer to them, we still drag there with us the… — Angela Carter
There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. — Judith Martin
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement. — James S. Coleman
A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will… — Albert Einstein
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension… — David Lindsay-Abaire
When you hear a person say, "I hate," adding the name of some race, nation, religion, or social class, you are dealing with a belated… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Bipartisan democracy presupposes the individual, whose welfare is identical with that of the community in which he lives, the absence of coherent social classes, a… — Learned Hand
In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed,… — Mark Burnett
Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes. — Pierre de Coubertin
I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to… — Marisha Pessl
In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste. — Peter Drucker
It's hard for writers to get on with their work if they are convinced that they owe a concrete debt to experience and cannot allow… — Saul Bellow

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