Oligarchy Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Oligarchy.
Top Quotes
“Imperialism”
“Bourgeoisie”
“Social class”
“Exploitation”
“Corporations”
“Class conflict”
“Abuse of power”
“Totalitarianism”
“Noblesse oblige”
“Mainstream media”
“Military-Industrial complex”
“Nineteen Eighty-Four”
“Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.”
“What about oligarchic cities? Don't you see beggars in them?
Almost everyone except the rulers is a beggar there.”
“White supremacy is but one species of supremacy that all antirepublican regimes incorporate in one form or the other... oligarchy was its parent.”
“I hope we shall take warning from the example and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”
“It is easy to imagine a state wherein each science would claim jurisdiction over its specific terrain, leaving no proper place for the political as such. Such a movement is then effectively the replacement of democracy with an oligarchy of supposed experts.”
“If, on the other hand, unjust government is exercised, not by one man alone, but by several banded together in a clique, such a state of affairs is called an oligarchy or rule by the few. This can happen when a few rich men take advantage of their wealth to oppress the rest of the people; and such government differs from tyranny only in the fact that the oppressors are many.”