Middle class

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The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.

Phocylides

Quoted in Politics, by Aristotle

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Topic

Middle class Political community Political theory

Speaker

Phocylides

Author

Aristotle

Source

Politics

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Phocylides. Quoted in Politics, written by Aristotle. 4th century BC, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Phocylides. Quoted in Politics, written by Aristotle, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 4.

That which in England we call the middle class is in America virtually the nation.

Matthew Arnold

A Word About America

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Topic

England and America America Middle class

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

A Word About America

Language

English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "A Word About America." The Nineteenth Century. London: Kegan Paul, May 1882.

The Forgotten Man... Delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting the church and the school... But he is the only one for whom there is no provision in the great scramble and the big divide. Such is the Forgotten Man. He works, he votes, generally he prays-but his chief business in life is to pay... Who and where is the Forgotten Man in this case, who will have to pay for it all?

William Graham Sumner

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Topic

The forgotten man Middle class

Speaker

William Graham Sumner

Source

The Forgotten Man

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Sumner, William Graham. "The Forgotten Man." 30 Jan. 1883, Brooklyn, New York City, NY, USA. Lecture.