social classes quotes

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.

You can only choose between rich and poor. The middle class is gone.

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.