There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

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Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

G. K. Chesterton Quotes

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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

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An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead

Nancy Mitford Quotes

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Aristocracy is always cruel

Wendell Phillips Quotes

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The aristocracy is in decline in the City, and the cloth-cap professionals are in the ascent. And we will take over.

Paul Neild Quotes

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