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Aristocracy Quotes


"Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it."


"The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country."


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


"We must powder our wigs, that is why so many poor people have no bread."


"Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers."
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