Aristocracy Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Aristocracy is an atmosphere; it is sometimes a healthy atmosphere; but it is very hard to say when it becomes an unhealthy atmosphere. You…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Aristocracy's only an admission that certain traits which we call fine - courage and honor and beauty and all that sort of thing -…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by circumstances, and…

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

I have always believed that the aristocracy of any country should be the men who have succeeded - the men who have aided in…

— Charles M. Schwab

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…in proportion as they are…

— Edmund Burke

The aristocracy in the future is not one of wealth or university education, but the aristocracy of the men who have done something for…

— Charles M. Schwab

It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his…

— Demosthenes

If the individuals who compose the purest circles of aristocracy in Europe, the guarded blood of centuries, should pass in review,in such manner as…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger than benefit to society, to make an opening for the aristocracy of virtue…

— Thomas Jefferson

The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more…

— Noah Webster

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

— Benjamin Disraeli