Life Quote by George Orwell

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life, imposed by…

— George Orwell

“He did not see that the continuity of an oligarchy need not be physical, nor did he pause to reflect that hereditary aristocracies have…

— George Orwell

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A…

— George Orwell

“The biggest delusion of the oligarch is the thought that the authority wealth offers will outlive the society that gave it to them.”

— Anonymous

“The father dead has euchered the son out of his patrimony. For it is the death of the father to which the son is…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Oligarchy: Rule by the few, usually the richest One Percent. In Aristotle’s political theory, oligarchy is the stage into which democracy evolves, and which…

— Michael Hudson

The method of rule of the tyrant and the oligarch is quite simply to clobber, coerce, or overawe all or most other groups in…

— Bernard Crick

“no ideology can protect a son from the unwelcome inheritance of his father’s ambitions.”

— Elizabeth Strout

“the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism. Wealth”

— George Orwell

“It had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism. Wealth and privilege are most easily defended when they are…

— George Orwell

“Life and death have equal authority in nature. When laws contradict so fundamentally they cause mere confusion in the average soul ”

— Steve Aylett

“My inheritance is grief and sunlight and the ability to choose which to hold on to.”

— Emily Henry