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“In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.”

Courses Politics Power Struggle Middle Seeking Vigilance

Author:Tacitus

“One wants recovery to start from the bottom, and the other wants it to start from the top. I don't know which is right. I've never heard of anybody suggesting that they might start it in the middle, so I hereby make that suggestion. To start recovery halfway between the two, because it's the middle class that does everything anyhow. But I don't know anything about it.”

Knows Want Doe Two Might Politics Class Heard Middle Bottom Recovery Middle Class Suggestions Halfway Suggesting

Book:Radio broadcasts of Will Rogers

Source: Radio broadcasts of Will Rogers

“Under the old social philosophy which had governed the Middle Ages, temporal, and therefore all economic, activities were referred to an eternal standard. The production of wealth, it distribution and exchange were regulated with a view to securing the Christian life of Christian men. In two points especially was this felt: First in securing the independence of the family, which can only be done by the wide distribution of property, in others words the prevention of the growth of a proletariat; secondly, in the close connection between wealth and public function.”

“Under the old philosophy which had governed the high Middle Ages things had been everywhere towards a condition of Society in which property was well distributed throughout the community, and thus the family rendered independent.”

Wells Philosophy Age Politics Community Economy Middle Conditions Independent Property Liberalism Middle Ages

Book:The Crisis Of Civilization

Source: The Crisis Of Civilization

“In the course of the twenty-first century what may be called the "capital wage" could be added to the labor wage and the social wage, so that middle-class Americans - not merely an affluent minority - might derive income from three sources rather than just two.”

Firsts May Two Wisdom Might Three Courses Politics Social Class Economy Middle Century Source Labor Twenties Income Liberalism Minorities Middle Class Affluent

Author:Michael Lind

“The genius of the Republicans has been how they figured out how to so polarize the middle class that we vote against our own best interests.”

Has Beens Political Politics Interest Party Class Middle Genius Republican Vote Middle Class Political Parties

Author:Patricia Schroeder

“We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as well. They wish for the world in which the United States was utterly dominant over its friends, its foes were to be shunned entirely, and the challenges were stark, moral, and vital. Today's world is messy and complicated. China is one of our biggest trading partners and our looming geopolitical rival. Russia is a surly spoiler, but it has a globalized middle class and has created ties in Europe.”

“If we wanted a program to help the majority of the population, we'd offer loan guarantees to help poor people get access to reliable cars so that they could have a better shot at getting - and keeping - a well-paying job...A small amount of capital could make a much bigger difference in their lives than extra student loan relief for middle-class college kids would.”

“But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this. There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power. Either it is conquered from without, or it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt, or it allows a strong and discontented Middle group to come into being, or it loses its own self-confidence and willingness to govern.”

Source: The Complete Novels of George Orwell: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter, Coming Up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Nineteen Eighty-Four

“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.”

Political Games Politics History Middle Worst Majority

Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER

Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER

“In politics the middle way is none at all.”

Way Success Law Politics Middle Politician Nerd Middle Way

Author:John Adams