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“Our society will always remain an unstable and explosive compound as long as political power is vested in the masses and economic power in the classes. In the end one of these powers will rule. Either the plutocracy will buy up the democracy, or the democracy will vote away the plutocracy.”

Long Ends Political Class Democracy Economic Mass Vote Our Society Compounds Unstable Political Power Explosives Economic Power Plutocracy

Author:Irving Fisher

“I will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty.”

“Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty.”

Ifs Poverty Abolish Plutocracy

Author:Rutherford B. Hayes

“The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they no means of resistance? Obviously they have. The worst tyrant, even under democratic plutocracy, has but one throat to slit. The moment the majority decided to overthrow him he would be overthrown. But the majority lacks the resolution; it cannot imagine taking the risks.”

Men Mean Moments Would Be Imagine Risk Worst Mass Hundred Decided Majority Democratic Resistance Oppression Resolution Throat Tyrants Submit Exploitation Slits Abhorrent Plutocracy

Book:Notes On Democracy

Source: Notes On Democracy

“We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a plutocracy: a government by the wealthy.”

Ideas Reality Government America Democracy Terrible Wealthy Slander Plutocracy

Author:Ramsey Clark

“Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented.”

People Shows Born Kings Civilization Destruction Function Seeds Carrie Cycles Republic Decay Millionaire Captured Oppressors Plutocracy

Book:Mark Twain in eruption: hitherto unpublished pages about men and events

Source: Mark Twain in eruption: hitherto unpublished pages about men and events

“Imagine a country where the majority of the population reaps the majority of the benefits for their hard work, creative ingenuity, and collaborative efforts. Imagine a country where corporate losses arent socialized, while gains are captured by an exclusive minority. Imagine a country run as a democracy, from the bottom up, not a plutocracy from the top down. Richard Wolff not only imagines it, but in his compelling, captivating and stunningly reasoned new book, Democracy at Work, he details how we get there from here - and why we absolutely must.”

“This combat between proletariat and plutocracy is, after all, itself a civil war. Two inferiorities struggle for the privilege of polluting the world.”

World Two War Struggle Privilege Civil War Combat Inferiority Proletariat Plutocracy

Author:H. L. Mencken

“There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.”

Long Government Political Turns Democracy Economic Tradition Tendencies Suspicion Economic Power Plutocracy American Tradition Corrupt Government

Book:Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United

Source: Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United

“Plutocracy.' It has a perfect nuance: chilly, inaccessible, icy-rich.”

Perfect Rich Nuance Icy Inaccessible Plutocracy Chilly

Author:Graham Joyce