“Marx's Kapital is not a treatise on socialism; it is a gerrymand against the bourgeoisie. It was supposed to be written for the working class, but the working man respects the bourgeoisie and wants to be a bourgeoisie. Marx never got a hold of him for a moment. It was the revolting sons of the bourgeoisie itself, like myself, that painted the flag red. The middle and upper classes are the revolutionary element in society. The proletariat is the conservative element.” MenWantMomentsClassWrittenMiddleSonRevolutionElementsRedConservativeSocialismSupposed To BeRevolutionaryFlagsWorking ClassProletariatBourgeoisieUpper ClassWorking Man Author:George Bernard Shaw
“I grew up in somewhat of a war zone in West Philadelphia in 1985, '86. It wasn't as extreme as someone coming in the classroom and just unloading on a class, but I knew to take the scenic route to go to the grocery store to avoid certain elements.” WarCertainClassGrewElementsGrew UpWestExtremesStoresZoneClassroomRoutesGroceriesPhiladelphiaGrocery StoresWar ZonesScenic Author:Questlove
“Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.” WorldDoeDifferentClassElementsCosmicFourth Author:Sallust
“Foreign correspondence has a natural element of romanticism - and this could be seen as soon as that class of professional reporter emerged in the last half of the 19th century.” LastsNaturalHalfClassCenturyElementsReportersRomanticism19th CenturyCorrespondenceNatural Elements Author:John Maxwell Hamilton
“Less racist now but it has been. I don't think it's been completely stamped out. There's a class element to it. And who's supposed to do what. You're very unlikely to get a gay grip.” ThinkingHas BeensClassGayElementsRacistUnlikely Author:Colin Firth
“The Color Purple really floored me. That book was just incredible because I loved the language. The biggest deal of that book was that I loved the poetry of broken English. Broken English and vernacular. It just floored me that you can actually capture the way people really talked. And I also really connected to the social class element.” PeopleWayBookLanguageSocialDealsClassColorBrokenElementsIncrediblesConnectedCapturePurpleSocial ClassVernacularBroken English Author:Matt de la Pena
“What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can illuminate the present and pave the way to a better future. For example, if we delve more deeply into ancient Egyptian and African civilisations we will discover the humanistic elements that were prevalent in many areas of life. Women enjoyed a high status and rights, which they later lost when class patriarchal society became the prevalent social system.” IfsWayLostSocialClassRightsExampleReturnElementsAreasTraditionAncientEnjoyedFormalCivilisationEgyptianBetter FutureSocial SystemsHumanisticPatriarchal SocietyRereadingAncient EgyptianReinterpretation Book:The Nawal El Saadawi Reader Source: The Nawal El Saadawi Reader
“Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” YearsMindMadeSaidSoulEarthBitsClassHonorElementsYears AgoPrisonCriminalsKinshipCommonalityLower ClassYour Honor Author:Eugene V. Debs