The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston S. ChurchillMots clés democracy elite elitism elitist meritocracy peasant voter voting
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As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
H.L. MenckenMots clés politics democracy elite elitism elitist meritocracy voter voting predictions
I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.
Helen KellerMots clés reading books opinions literature criticism classics elitism snobbery
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They're so cold, these scholars!
May lightning strike their food
so that their mouths learn how
to eat fire!
Mots clés education scholarship scholars elitism coldness higher-education
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
Dan RatherMots clés music scholarship television scholars elitism snobbery
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
Isaac AsimovMots clés democracy elite elitism elitist voter voting
When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
Mark TwainMots clés humor class elitism redheads
If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.
Esther M. FriesnerMots clés politics elitism irony
She's on the stairs, ma'am, getting her breath,' said the young servant, who had not been long up from the country, where my mother had the excellent habit of getting all her servants. Often she had seen them born. That's the only way to get really good ones. And they're the rarest of luxuries.
Marcel ProustMots clés humor society class caste elitism servants
I know where a lot of them [the elite or elitists] live.
Where's that?
Well, in our nation's capital and New York City. I've seen it. I've lived there.
Mots clés prejudice elitism new-york-city washington-dc elites
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