Abuse Quote by Cornel West

These people—the employed, the somewhat privileged—are drawn into alliance with the elite. They become the guards of the system, buffers between the upper and…

— Howard Zinn

“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

Elites are inevitable in politics. That is how politics is going to work. The question is, are your elites responsible, public-spirited? Do they think…

— David Frum

“Moved by the need for control, for an unchallenged top tier, the power elite in American history has thrived by placating the vulnerable and…

— Nancy Isenberg

In a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in it all…

— Noam Chomsky

“Ruling elites seem to have learned through the generations—consciously or not—that war makes them more secure against internal trouble.”

— Howard Zinn

Behind the honeyed but patently absurd pleas for equality is a ruthless drive for placing themselves (the elites) at the top of a new…

— Murray Rothbard

An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses…

— Glenn Greenwald

Western elites - the beneficiaries of 60 years of peace and prosperity achieved by the sacrifices to defeat fascism and Communism - are unhappy…

— Victor Davis Hanson

Elites quite naturally define as the most important and admired qualities for a citizen those on which they themselves have concentrated.

— John Ralston Saul

“For long periods the High seem to be securely in power, but sooner or later there always comes a moment when they lose either…

— George Orwell

I think that the elites have lived too long among themselves.

— Marine Le Pen