Betray Quote by David Cannadine

“Class in England is no more determined by wealth than it is by occupation.”

— Kate Fox

I can assure you that the class system is alive and well and living in people's minds in England.

— Jilly Cooper

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.

— Ben Kingsley

Class has a sense of humor. It knows that a good laugh is the best lubricant for oiling the machinery of human relations. Class…

— Anonymous

Of course, an English aristocrat might have some contact with the staff downstairs and could adequately say a thing or two about inter-class dramas…

— Zia Haider Rahman

“Government can only reign over a classes-divided society.”

— Toba Beta

“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

The working class of England today have no vision of society beyond the acquisitive - no version of themselves or their habits as anything…

— Andrew O'Hagan

“Class was what formed you, but didn’t travel to other cultures – it became invisible abroad. In foreign places, you were singled out by…

— Amit Chaudhuri

I don't like class distinction, and there is far too much of that in England.

— Miriam Margolyes

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.

— Kevin Ayers

“None of this, of course, was ever stated: the genteel social Darwinism of the English middle classes always remained implicit.”

— Julian Barnes