Class Quote by Matthew Arnold

Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower…

— Matthew Arnold

Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class and the poor

— Robert Reich

Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.

— George Packer

Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education,…

— George Packer

Income inequality has become so prevalent in the U.S. that examples of its negative impact on the middle class are as common as Kanye…

— Ana Kasparian

We need to tackle extreme inequality because it is morally indefensible and socially corrosive - undermining our health, affecting our well-being, and undermining peaceful…

— Winnie Byanyima

High levels of inequality generate high costs for society, dampening social mobility, undermining the labour market prospects of vulnerable social groups, and creating social…

— Jose Angel Gurria

This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can no longer…

— Barack Obama

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

— Ayn Rand

We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very…

— Katrina vanden Heuvel

Morality for the upper classes, the gallows for the rabbles.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society.

— Rem Koolhaas