Ruling Classes

Famous quotes containing the words ruling classes, ruling and/or classes:

    Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!
    Karl Marx (1818–1883)

    Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.
    Diana Trilling (b. 1905)

    Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in every country, but in England they are national characteristics.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)