Behavior Quote by Glenn Greenwald

“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

An elite is someone who's for themselves and not for the country.

— Steve Bannon

It's very difficult, historically, to define what an elite is. But whatever it is, people are very angry at that idea, I think, not…

— Victor Davis Hanson

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

When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with…

— Cornel West

“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

I think there are different kinds of elites. I think there are venal elites, and self-interested elites, and selfish elites, and I think there…

— Thomas Friedman

“Political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another. If the proletariat during its contest with the…

— Karl Marx

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

Class is a way of looking at society that divides people into different categories based on how much money they're willing to make.

— Stephen Colbert

By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having…

— C. Wright Mills

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence.

— James Bryant Conant