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Social class4 quotes
The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated. — Eliza Doolittle · 1964It isn't what you earn but how you spend it that fixes your class. — Sinclair Lewis · 1935Medium rare. Hmmm...an aristocrat. — Johnny Dio · 1990If we would prevent the growth of class distinctions and would constantly refresh our leadership with the ideals of our people, we must draw constantly from the general mass. The full opportunity for every boy and girl to rise through the selective processes of education can alone secure to us this leadership. — Herbert Hoover · 1929
Class conflict1 quote
If we would prevent the growth of class distinctions and would constantly refresh our leadership with the ideals of our people, we must draw constantly from the general mass. The full opportunity for every boy and girl to rise through the selective processes of education can alone secure to us this leadership. — Herbert Hoover · 1929
Equality of opportunity1 quote
If we would prevent the growth of class distinctions and would constantly refresh our leadership with the ideals of our people, we must draw constantly from the general mass. The full opportunity for every boy and girl to rise through the selective processes of education can alone secure to us this leadership. — Herbert Hoover · 1929
Food1 quote
Medium rare. Hmmm...an aristocrat. — Johnny Dio · 1990
Meritocracy1 quote
If we would prevent the growth of class distinctions and would constantly refresh our leadership with the ideals of our people, we must draw constantly from the general mass. The full opportunity for every boy and girl to rise through the selective processes of education can alone secure to us this leadership. — Herbert Hoover · 1929
Steak1 quote
Medium rare. Hmmm...an aristocrat. — Johnny Dio · 1990