Desire Quote by Henry Giroux

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

“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

Look, in neoliberalism the ruling elite understand something.

— Henry Giroux

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

Ruling elite have think tanks, they have research institutes, they've invaded universities, they've monopolized the cultural apparatuses.

— Henry Giroux

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

— John Ralston Saul

Using political power, the elite can induce local authorities to facilitate enclosure and privatisation of land, water, and other hitherto public amenities. And they…

— Guy Standing

“special" knowledge gives them a sense of power, control, status and/or monetary gain. For some, the need to belong is so powerful that they…

— Carol A Brown

We have something special...a culture which we do not think of as something for the elite, but as something which is accessible to practically…

— Frederick Lewis Allen

What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people…

— Anita Hill

I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.

— Adam McKay

“[The ruling class] sees people in the working class as being almost animals. It sees itself as being synonymous with civilization and its cultivation…

— Edward Bond