George Edward Woodberry

If the aristocracy of the whole white race is so to melt in a world of the colored races of the Earth, I for one should only rejoice in such a divine triumph of the sacrificial idea in history; for it would mean the humanization of mankind.

American Critic

Charles M. Schwab

I have always believed that the aristocracy of any country should be the men who have succeeded - the men who have aided in upbuilding their country - the men who have contributed to the efficiency and happiness of their fellow men.

American Businessman

Lytton Strachey

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.

English Critic

Marianne Williamson

We have allowed an unholy alliance of government - the new monarchy - and corporate influence - the new aristocracy - to take control of events in a way that would have made our Founders shudder.

American Author

John Desmond Bernal

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.

Irish Scientist

George Jean Nathan

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.

American Editor

James Larkin

The fate of you, the aristocracy of industry, will be as the fate of the aristocracy of land if you do not show that you have some humanity still among you.

Irish Activist

W. H. Auden

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.

English Poet

James Bryant Conant

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.

American Scientist

George Bernard Shaw

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

Irish Playwright

Understand 'aristocracy' often relates to historical societies where birthright was crucial.

Historical Context

'Aristocracy' can refer to social superiority, not just titles like duke or baron.

Not Always Noble

In literature, 'aristocracy' may symbolize prestige or moral decay, depending on context.

Cultural Nuance

Specify when 'aristocracy' means a government by nobles, not general upper classes.

Government Specific

'Aristocracy' emphasizes the nobility's authority as a class, not individuals.

Impersonal Power

'Aristocracy' can metaphorically represent the peak of any profession or field.

Metaphoric Use

In fields like arts or sports, 'aristocracy' highlights skill, not wealth or birth.

Not About Wealth

 because his hair is always completely unkempt like this in every single picture. He was a very wealthy man, and a sort of, part of the aristocracy of Britain, and on a Saturday night in Marylebone, were you part of the intelligentsia of that period, you would have been invited round to his house for a soiree — and he invited

John Graham-Cumming: The...

 number two the United States is worse than lesterland worse than lesterland because you can imagine in leicester land if we lester has got a letter from the government that said hey you get to pick who gets to run in the general election we would think maybe of a kind of aristocracy of Lester's you know there are Lester's

We the People, and the...

 for making tea popular with the English aristocracy when she married King Charles II in 1661. At the time, Great Britain was in the midst of expanding its colonial influence and becoming the new dominant world power. And as Great Britain grew, interest in tea spread around the world.

The history of tea -...

 that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

A kinder, gentler...

 sword we're going to cast would look something like this when it's finished that is beautiful is this the kind of sword for a warrior king definitely they are thinking swords belong to the aristocracy they're very expensive piece of technology a charcoal furnace heats a

The Sword Excalibur PIPE...

 in the U.S. and the U.K. A second thing that worries me is how easily meritocratic plutocracy can become aristocracy. One way of describing the plutocrats is as alpha geeks, and they are people who are acutely aware of how important highly sophisticated

Chrystia Freeland: The...

 had turned against ruling aristocracy and the Catholic church. After eight decades of rebellion against Spanish power, the Dutch came to favor the idea of self-rule and a political republic. Cities like Delft were unsupervised by kings or bishops,

Why is Vermeer's "Girl...

 as thousands of words flowed in, many having to do with government, law, and aristocracy. Words like council, marriage, sovereign, govern, damage, and parliament. As the language expanded, English speakers quickly realized what to do

How did English evolve?...

 Unfortunately for Brutus, he and the other conspirators had underestimated Caesar's popularity among the Roman public, many of whom saw him as an effective leader, and the senate as a corrupt aristocracy.

The great conspiracy...

 in ordinary people that we have now realized, and the aristocracy was convinced that the average person couldn't make it, that they could never share their mindset or their cognitive abilities.