Ken Loach Quotes

The ignorance of the working class and the superior intelligence of the privileged class are superstitions fostered by ... universities and churches, and by all the centers of privilege.

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the law.

The histories of mankind that we possess are histories only of the higher class.

Class warfare is being waged in America, and the wrong side is winning.

The rich do not want people who come from poor families to rise to the highest position in the country.

It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.

The rich stick together; the poor and the marginalised are thrown together.

Look, there is a sort of old view about class which is a very simplistic view that we have got the working class, the middle class and the upper class, I think it is more complicated than that.

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it.

Because of England's lack of social mobility, unless they make truly heroic efforts, writers who are privately educated and then go on to Oxbridge or an institution like the BBC will generally embarrass themselves when they attempt to have a go at working- or lower middle-class characters.

And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be.

Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.

Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat a better meal than a neighbor, or otherwise to enjoy ease and plenty, while our fellow creatures are suffering and in want.

Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth.

The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter.

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

Cory Booker became a millionaire because this is how the economy works for people of his class: Rich people give other rich people money to do nothing, simply because they 'deserve' it.

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's exactly where we're going.

You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.