Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. From LearnThat.org. [James Bryant Conant]
The agenda of the aristocracy is the destruction of western civilization. From Wordnik.com. [What the Hell is going on?] Reference
Rousseau's preference was for what he calls aristocracy, a government of the most wise and experienced. From Wordnik.com. [The Eve of the French Revolution] Reference
"You have no doubt remarked," said Florestan, with a smile, "that the persons assembled here this evening do not belong to what we call the aristocracy --". From Wordnik.com. [A Cardinal Sin] Reference
It's the deep-pocketed aristocracy from the mansion. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Red Sox, like rival Yankees, are among baseball's wealthy elite] Reference
The aristocracy is active in suppressing their critics. From Wordnik.com. [What the Hell is going on?] Reference
The slang aristocracy, as they are called, muster in great force at Ascot. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
The purpose of government in an aristocracy is to protect wealth and privilege. From Wordnik.com. [No blank checks for crooks] Reference
The word aristocracy appeared late in our language, arriving via France in the mid-sixteenth century. From Wordnik.com. ['Aristocrats'] Reference
A new aristocracy is emerging in a country whose original ambition was to prevent such a phenomenon from ever taking place. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2003-09-01] Reference
Throw the whole our way or the highway rant out the window and look where America's new aristocracy is holding thier winter meeting. From Wordnik.com. [RNC members draft new 'socialist' resolution] Reference
If you want that maybe you should hop in a time machine and go back to pre-revolutionary France where aristocracy is the goverment of choice. From Wordnik.com. [Dodd: Obama, Clinton ticket not likely] Reference
Coming from the titled aristocracy, for whom the idea of a woman's paid employment might have seemed inappropriate, if not bizarre, this is remarkable advice. From Wordnik.com. [The Snowbank] Reference
All authority is suspect, because it elevates some over others and triggers an inbred distrust of "aristocracy" -- now "elites" or callous CEOs. From Wordnik.com. [The Vices Of Our Virtues] Reference
I think it is sloppy-thinking or dishonesty to equate low levels of social class mobility with old-style 'aristocracy' - as seems to happen among the media punditry. From Wordnik.com. [The Inequality Issue, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
She has but a small aristocracy, which is neither wealthy nor proud. From Wordnik.com. [Holland, v. 1 (of 2)] Reference
My aristocracy, which is very fierce, makes him a favourite of mine. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference
True, your aristocracy is a large one -- almost a majority, you may say. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I] Reference
Bring back titled aristocracy and we will become a meritocracy again in no time. From Wordnik.com. [The Editrix' Roncesvalles] Reference
On the land question the leaders of the aristocracy were the principal offenders. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
Practically all leading figures, the so-called aristocracy, turned their backs on him. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation - Breaking News] Reference
He judged that the Mayos were of the so-called aristocracy, but undoubtedly unique specimens. From Wordnik.com. [Keziah Coffin] Reference
Man's intellect has a natural pride in its own aristocracy, which is the pride of its culture. From Wordnik.com. [Creative Unity] Reference
Herald Supplement literature we can learn what the idea of aristocracy can do with a man who is not clever. From Wordnik.com. [Heretics] Reference
This constitution proposed to inflict on the infant colony a system of titled aristocracy as elaborate as that of. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
This is the harmless, inoffensive, untitled aristocracy referred to, and which many readers will at once acknowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Venner] Reference
When the rich preserve their customs and maintain the law, this is called aristocracy, or if they neglect the law, oligarchy. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesman] Reference
This section of the aristocracy were the origin of the English Whigs, though that title was not invented until the next reign. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches] Reference
And then he added, "It is true that I feel a kind of soul aristocracy, which is unruffled by many discriminations and annoyances.". From Wordnik.com. [Methodist Adventures in Negro Education] Reference
This is the harmless, inoffensive, untitled aristocracy to which I have referred, and which I am sure you will at once acknowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference
STRANGER: When the rich imitate the true form, such a government is called aristocracy; and when they are regardless of the laws, oligarchy. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesman] Reference
Society was the reverse of intellectual: the aristocracy were the merchants and traders; what literary culture found expression was formed on. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Irving] Reference
In Germany, at the time of the Reformation, the change of language marks the rise of a new aristocracy, which is henceforth to reside in the universities. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
A merchant's wife, a country lawyer's daughter -- I could not be expected to have my humble board surrounded by titled aristocracy; I would not if I could. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
The aristocracy is a land-holding one, untrained in the responsibilities of land-holders who grow up a legitimate part of the body politic of their country. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
To this general statement of the case we agree; but we may point out that in terming our aristocracy a privileged class one material distinction has been passed over. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Literature and History] Reference
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