“I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today.” ShouldBelieveHas BeensImportantDreamTodayGivenBornGrowing UpGrowingAdvantageImportant ThingsDon't BelieveGuidesPrioritiesElitesAmerican DreamReserved Author:Ken Salazar
“Elites quite naturally define as the most important and admired qualities for a citizen those on which they themselves have concentrated.” ImportantQualityCitizensElites Book:Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West Source: Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
“Recognising that an ostentatious cult of heroism and state service served an important propaganda function for the British elite does not mean, of course, that we should dismiss it as artificial or insincere. All aristocracies have a strong military tradition, and for many British patricians the protracted warfare of the period was a godsend. It gave them a job, and, more important, a purpose, an opportunity to carry out what they had been trained to do since childhood: ride horses, fire guns, exercise their undoubted physical courage and tell other people what to do.” PeopleShouldMeanDoeImportantStatesJobsPurposeCoursesOpportunityStrongFireChildhoodMilitaryPeriodsExerciseGunTraditionFunctionHorseBritishPropagandaElitesArtificialHeroismWarfareCultAristocracyBritish HistoryInsincereOstentatiousPhysical Courage Author:Linda Colley