“The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie.”
Louise Bogan
“The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class”
Aristotle
“Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.”
Ayn Rand
“Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.”
Gloria Steinem
“The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.”
Orson Welles
“The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.”
“There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class”
Judith S. Marin
