Benevolence Quote by Confucius

It is the historic glory of the intellectual class of the West in modern times that, of all the classes which could be called…

— Richard Hofstadter

“Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident. It can handle anything that comes along. Class has a sense of humor. It knows…

— Ann Landers

“For aggressive societies to survive, however, they always need that priest-judge-advisor class as well. This class balances the kings and warriors (as the U.S.…

— Elaine N. Aron

“fundamental to the concept of an elite is the idea that its members must merit their status in the judgment of others and that…

— Thomas R. Martin

“The moral attitudes of dominant and privileged groups are characterised by universal selfdeception and hypocrisy. The unconscious and conscious identification of their special interests…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“Those who would give us equal opportunity for everybody are threatened by it. They are afraid to lose their privileged positions. They pay lip…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

The great majority of people have a strong need for authority which they can admire, to which they can submit, and which dominates and…

— Sigmund Freud

“Instead of the concrete individual, you have the names of organizations and, at the highest point, the abstract idea of the State as the…

— C.G. Jung

“What is good for the ruling class, is alleged to be good for the whole of society with which the ruling class identifies itself.”

— Friedrich Engels

Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill,…

— Bertolt Brecht

The trouble with the lower classes is that they lack the sense of tragedy given to them by the upper classes.

— Oscar Wilde

The essence of a class system is not that the privileged are conscious of their privileges, but that the deprived are conscious of their…

— Clive James