Quote#Wisdom
The middle class is always a firm champion of equality, when it…
Quote byOrestes Brownson · 1803–1876
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Laboring Classes, Boston Quarterly Review, July 1840, https://archive.org/details/labouringclasses00browrich/page/11.
English (original)
The middle class is always a firm champion of equality, when it concerns humbling a class above it; but it is its inveterate foe when it concerns elevating a class below it.
— Orestes Brownson
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