Elitism Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Elitism.
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“Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.”
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“Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I'd rather not belong to.”
“We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world.”
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“In Europe, anti-Americanism is much more a hobgoblin of the political, cultural, and religious elites.”
“The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.”
“Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.”
“Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.”
“Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.”
“There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good job with good actors.”
“And, since people generally go on from this to talk about elitism versus democracy, I would add that genuinely difficult art is truly democratic.”
“Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?”
“The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective way to manipulate you and your children into their abyss.”
“There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And I spit on elitism. Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.”
“As soon as somebody or something stands out as excellent, the other shout goes up: 'Elitism!' And whatever produced that thing, whoever praises that result, is promptly put down. 'Standing out' is undemocratic.”
“This is one of my pet peeves: Countries that will not tax their elite who expect us to come in and help them serve their people are just not going to get the kind of help from us that historically they may have.”
“The distinguished person ... may very well use an exaggerated courtesy toward the more lowly, but he must never associate with them as equals, since that would express that he was—human, but he is—distinguished.”
“A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production.”