#elite

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good. ↗

— George Will

#because #constitute #elite #fascinate #good

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. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#communication #define #elite #formula #may

In the same proportion Russia is the misfortune of Europe and the Israelites. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#israelites #misfortune #proportion #russia #same

Everyone has the impulse to be elite. ↗

— Alfre Woodard

#everyone #impulse

This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day. ↗

— Danny Glover

#always #been #concept #country #day

I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a 17-year-old that it was a criminal unit. I thought it was an elite unit. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#did #elite #group #i #know

Among the world elite there are a handful of athletes who are physically capable of winning it. ↗

— Maurice Greene

#athletes #capable #elite #handful #physically

The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#advertise #anybody #elite #forces #go

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people. ↗

— Paul Harvey

#agencies #aid #attitudes #come #dependency

The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#art world #both #cater #elite #masses