Aristocratic – Quotes

We stand a better

We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy. Ezra Stiles

Every one of the aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being waged to make the world safe for democracy. What humbug! What rot! What false pretense! These… tyrants, these red-handed robbers and murderers, the “patriots,” while the men who have the courage … Read more

I really don’t feel

I really don’t feel exclusiveMy ambition instead, perhaps because of my peasant-worker background, is to look at the world with others, not as an aristocratic intellectual. Ermanno Olmi

There is no doubt

There is no doubt that sorrow brings one down in the world. The aristocratic privilege of silence belongs, you soon find out, to only the happy state- or, at least, to the state when pain keeps within bounds. Elizabeth Bowen

I mean, in the

I mean, in the history of poetry there have been a lot poetries where you have to inherit the position of poet from your ancestors and I think that if you just leave anyone to become a poet based on an aristocratic society, then a lot of people are left out who might have something … Read more

America\’s egalitarian mandate reflects

America’s egalitarian mandate reflects the liberality of the creator, and thus countermands, by divine witness, all feudal and aristocratic structures. It also parallels the Jewish concept of repair the world, or Tikkun ha’olam, which holds that the human spirit is in partnership with God to help finish the work of creation. Forrest Church

The gitano is the

The gitano is the most distinguished, profound and aristocratic element in my country, the one that most represents its Way of being and best preserves the fire, the blood and the alphabet of Andalusian and universal truth. Federico Garcia Lorca

Politics of all sorts,

Politics of all sorts, I confess, are far beyond my limited powers of comprehension. Those of this country as far as I have been able to observe, resolve themselves into two great motives. The aristocratic desire of elevation and separation, and the democratic desire of demolishing and levelling. Fanny Kemble

We are tired of

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words. Dwight D. Eisenhower

We pretend to be

We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. … We love the prep school manners, the aristocratic calm, the Skull and Bones mystery, the dappled lawns stretching before New England summer homes. How else can be explained the Bush vs. Kerry match-up that confronts us this … Read more