Appropriate Quote by George Orwell

“Politicians, a moribund labor movement, and the mass media—either cowed or in the service of corporate power—assure the population that the old prosperity is…

— Chris Hedges

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

Capitalism cannot survive without a working class, while the working class can flourish a lot more freely without capitalism.

— Terry Eagleton

In the States everyone aspires to be middle class. It's so engrained into the American psyche: As long as you work hard you're going…

— Nigel Cole

While you can say that the problem of the middle class in the rich countries is too much globalization, the problem of the people…

— Branko Milanovic

By bourgeoisie is meant the class of modern capitalists, owners of the means of social production and employers of wage labor. By proletariat, the…

— Friedrich Engels

Much of what is euphemistically known as the middle class, merely because it dresses up to go to work, is now reduced to proletarian…

— Christopher Lasch

“When the workers of a single factory or of a single branch of industry engage in struggle against their employer or employers, is this…

— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must…

— Daniel De Leon

“the hard-working, honest rich are the primary providers of jobs that allow us to have a middle class in this country.”

— Ben Carson

“Economic insatiability is as old as money itself, but it has been greatly exacerbated by the institutions of capitalism. Today, it is the business…

— Edward Skidelsky Robert Skidelsky

When you have powerful unions, you have a working class that is politicized.

— Danny Glover