Being Quote by Richard Dawkins

Everyone has the impulse to be elite.

— Alfre Woodard

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

— Steve Bannon

What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that they're not an elite…

— Glenn Reynolds

Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.

— Bobby Orr

I think it is time for a new pride in the intellectual life, and a new impatience with people who take pride in ignorance,…

— George Saunders

Go ahead and make something for the elites. Not the elites of class or wealth, but the elites of curiosity, passion and taste. Every…

— Seth Godin

Every elite seeks its own perpetuation, of course, but that project is uniquely difficult in a society that's formally democratic and egalitarian and colorblind.

— Ross Douthat

Elites are inevitable in politics. That is how politics is going to work. The question is, are your elites responsible, public-spirited? Do they think…

— David Frum

It's good to bear in mind that like it or not, enlightenment has always been, even in a golden age, pretty much limited to…

— Tom Robbins

The problems of elites is an old one for which Americans have found no solid answer.

— William Pfaff

“Being an elite is not a mere possession or something "within" an actor (skills, talents, and human capital); it is an embodied performative act…

— Shamus Rahman Khan

Be egalitarian regarding persons. Be elitist regarding ideas.

— Peter Kreeft