America Quote by Iris Chang

“Carl Bridenbaugh’s study of colonial cities, Cities in the Wilderness, reveals a clear-cut class system. He finds: The leaders of early Boston were gentlemen…

— Howard Zinn

I reject the notion that Boston is a city hopelessly divided by neighborhood, income level or political outlook.

— Michelle Wu

And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be.

— Anne Tyler

We don't have a full black community in Boston. Our people are scattered. There's a middle class where I live in Highland Park but…

— Henry Hampton

America is about class. To pretend that it isn't is very ignorant. No society has ever existed without some kind of a ruling class.

— Lewis H. Lapham

In the drive to prove our status as a world-class city, let's stay true to our democratic legacy and what Boston has already given…

— Michelle Wu

I think it's very important to be part of the Boston society and the people who live in Boston.

— Andris Nelsons

If you want to grow good jobs and rebuild the middle class, look to Boston.

— Marty Walsh

Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences than in…

— Bell Hooks

Boston is a state of mind.

— Thomas Gold Appleton

It's true: one of the things that I've always thought about American society is that you never get the sort of natural politicisation of…

— Peter Carey

Boston is the engine of the state's economy.

— Thomas Menino