150 quotes found
“From the point of view of the Low, no historic change has ever meant much more than a change in the name of their masters.”
“All men are born free: just not for long.”
“Be present in this class. And then, when it's over, be present out there.”
“Whether life finds us guilty or not guilty, we ourselves know we are not innocent.”
“Rich people don’t have to have a life-and-death relationship with the truth and its questions; they can ignore the truth and still thrive materially. I am not surprised many of them understand lite...”
“The cloth cap on my headdoesn't tellwhat's in it.”
“That’s the difference between them and us. ‘Them’ view foxes as vermin, and ‘us’ identify with the fox.”
“Their faces were clay-coloured and featureless, yet not stupid; they might have been shrewd turnips.”
“England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.”
“I don’t understand why Universities only offer undergraduate classes during the day when their professional staff should be smart enough to know that a large percentage of their students are non-tr...”